Dictionary

stagehand en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsteɪd͡ʒˌhænd/ (General-American)

Etymology

From stage + hand (“manual worker”).

Meanings

1. A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media.
   • Holonym: stage crew
   • 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.

Forms

Coordinates

stage manager

Translations (14)

fi näyttämöavustaja (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · es sacasillas (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · ro mașinist (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · sv scenarbetare (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · pl maszynista sceny (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · de Bühnenhelferin (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · nl toneelknecht (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · pl maszynistka sceny (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · mk сценски работник (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · bg сценичен работник (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · es tramoyista (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · cs kulisák (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · pt contrarregra (person working behind the scenes in a theatre) · de Bühnenhelfer (person working behind the scenes in a theatre)