old stager
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old 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 … Useful english dictionary
old stager — noun informal a very experienced or long serving person … English new terms dictionary
old stager — /oʊld ˈsteɪdʒə/ (say ohld stayjuh) noun Colloquial a person of long experience; a veteran …
old stager — Very experienced person … A concise dictionary of English slang
stager, 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… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
old 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 … Useful english dictionary
old-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 … Useful english dictionary
stager — 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 … Useful english dictionary
stager — /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 …
old — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b not young or near its beginning. 2 made long ago. 3 long in use. 4 worn or dilapidated or shabby from the passage of time. 5 having the… … Useful english dictionary
