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• 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
• n  an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

• That fine old comic stager Melville Cooper is immured on the bench and reduced to clearing his throat.
• Discerning spectators along the "road" soon realized how lucky they were to see a Portia who was neither an old stager nor an eager young thing with stiff knees and an Eve's .
• He is getting to be an old stager.

• stage manager
• veteran
• old-timer
• oldtimer
• old hand
• warhorse
• old stager

News & Articles

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• Event host has Skin in the game
  An unforeseen torrential downpour on the evening of July 27 may have gotten things off to a slow start, but before the night was over, fashionistas came out 175 strong to support local promoter George Stager and his pet project, Skin.
  Aug. 13, 2013 - Detroit News
• Counsilman Center On BCN Pool: "There Appears to Have Been a Flaw".
  BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, August 10. JUST hours after breaking news that stats demonstrate a large bias favoring specific lanes at the FINA World Championships, Dr. Joel Stager and the Counsilman Center ...
  Aug. 11, 2013 - Swimming World Magazine
• Counsilman Center: Clearly, There Appears to Have Been a Flaw Somewhere
  BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, August 10. JUST hours after breaking news that stats demonstrate a large bias favoring specific lanes at the FINA World Championships, Dr. Joel Stager and the Counsilman Center ...
  Aug. 11, 2013 - Swimming World Magazine

Quotes

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• Danny Green in Herald Sun
  I'm sparring younger guys, 21-25 year-old fighters, and I'm towelling them,37-year-old Green said. "They get in the ring saying, 'I'm going to get this old stager', and then next thing it's bang, bang, lights out and they're asking what...
• Sam Allardyce in Sportinglife.com
  Allardyce said: "Bruno has been the catalyst in what we have achieved. He has made an immense contribution. He hardly misses a game and has become a bit of an old stager, who uses his vast experience. We didn't pay much for him either as Marseille...