D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Stager

/(stā"jẽr)/ · Sta·ger · IPA /stˈeɪdʒər/
01 n. A player.
  1. 1.
    A player.[R.]
  2. 2.
    One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
  3. 3.
    A horse used in drawing a stage.[Colloq.]