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stagehand.

A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsteɪd͡ʒˌhænd/General-American
  1. A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media.

    The actors get the glory, the spotlight and the name up in lights while it is the stagehands who point the spotlight, hang the name and change the light bulbs.
Where this word comes from

From stage + hand (“manual worker”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.