stuntman

noun

stunt·​man ˈstənt-ˌman How to pronounce stuntman (audio)
: a man who performs stunts
especially : one who doubles for an actor during the filming of stunts and dangerous scenes

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Irish actor Jack Hudson has signed for the cast of feature adaptation of Matthew Dickens’s comic The Devil’s Train about Hollywood stuntman Hondo, who has a double life as a time-travelling cowboy. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 June 2025 The son of a Connecticut aerospace machinist and himself a skilled metal fabricator and welder, Gilman came to Hollywood in the '80s to work as a stuntman, prop designer and armorer. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 June 2025 One stuntman on New Amsterdam was directed to pantomime with me but refused. Jon Hart, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025 Pink reveals new details about Thanksgiving 1995 overdose at a rave 'Final Destination' death scene left stuntman with 47 stitches, says producer Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Pink and Hart. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for stuntman

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stuntman was in 1927

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“Stuntman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stuntman. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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