"stagehand" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stagehands [plural]
Etymology: From stage + hand (“manual worker”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stage|hand|t2=manual worker}} stage + hand (“manual worker”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} stagehand (plural stagehands)
  1. A person who works behind the scenes at a theatre or in other theatrical media. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (person working behind the scenes in a theatre): сценичен работник (sceničen rabotnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), näyttämöavustaja (Finnish), Bühnenhelfer [masculine] (German), Bühnenhelferin [feminine] (German), сценски работник (scenski rabotnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), mașinist [masculine] (Romanian), tramoyista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), scenarbetare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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