stager

noun

stag·​er ˈstā-jər 

1

: an experienced person : veteran

… we are too old a stager to be affected by his squibs.

—Fayetteville (North Carolina) Observer

… some of you old stagers did marvels through sheer professional intuition and clinical experience …

—George Bernard Shaw

2

: one who puts on a performance or event

… the Delaware Theatre Company is a first-class stager of plays old and new, and this production demonstrates why.

—Clifford A. Ridley

3

: a person who arranges or decorates a house, condominium, etc. in order to enhance its appeal to prospective buyers or renters

… the stager and her team brought in two truckloads … items to make the house seem spacious yet comfortable.

—Ellen Martin

Synonyms of stager

• veteran

Examples of stager in a Sentence

an old stager who resented the young upstarts in the brokerage firm

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s one specific method that homeowners or stagers tend to use involving vanilla that is best to avoid, Eichstadt told the outlet. —Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025

Saft considers his time at McDonald’s to be crucial to his success as a stager. —Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

With the latest emphasis on outdoor living, stagers put up shutters where there weren’t any (or replace existing ones). —Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2025

Alex Hermes, an expert stager at Bella Staging in Charlotte, says stagers often get knocked for using only neutrals. —The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stager

• ager
• gauger
• pager
• wager
• yager
• teenager