stagehand

From stage +‎ hand (“manual worker”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪd͡ʒˌhænd/

stagehand (plural stagehands)

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

   Hyponyms: sceneman, sceneshifter

   Holonym: stage crew

   Coordinate term: stage manager

   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.

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