backstager

noun

back·​stag·​er ˈbak-¦stā-jər 

plural backstagers

1

: a movie or play about the making of movies or plays

The glitzy, tap-happy "42nd Street" … is the quintessential backstager about putting on a show …

—Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2009

2

: someone who works backstage on the production of a play

As actors and backstagers will tell you, just because something's been around a while doesn't mean it's any less vibrant or effective.

—Kate Luce Angell, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26 July 2007

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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