n. 1. A player. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience. “You will find most of the old stagers still stationary there.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A horse used in drawing a stage. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) 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, Syn. stager