old+stager
1old stager — noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service • Syn: ↑veteran, ↑old timer, ↑oldtimer, ↑old hand, ↑warhorse, ↑stager • Derivationally related forms: ↑veteran …
2old stager — stager (def. 1). [1705 15] * * * …
3old stager — noun informal a very experienced or long serving person …
4old stager — /oʊld ˈsteɪdʒə/ (say ohld stayjuh) noun Colloquial a person of long experience; a veteran …
5old stager — Very experienced person …
6stager, old — ‘Why, you chicken hearted old stager,’ says Festus Derriman to an actress, in The Trumpet Major, by Thomas Hardy. The lady concerned claims to be twenty two, and although she is older than that, she hardly qualifies for the description ‘old… …
7old hand — noun an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service • Syn: ↑veteran, ↑old timer, ↑oldtimer, ↑warhorse, ↑old stager, ↑stager • Derivationally related forms: ↑veteran …
8old-timer — noun 1. an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service • Syn: ↑veteran, ↑oldtimer, ↑old hand, ↑warhorse, ↑old stager, ↑stager • Derivationally related forms: ↑veteran …
9stager — noun 1. someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑stage manager • Derivationally related forms: ↑stage • Hypernyms: ↑supervisor 2 …
10stager — /ˈsteɪdʒə/ (say stayjuh) noun 1. Also, old stager. a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.; an old hand. 2. Obsolete an actor …
