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stagehand

noun

  1. person who works backstage at a performance
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪd͡ʒˌhænd/

noun

Etymology: From stage + hand (“manual worker”).

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

    “Holonym: stage crew”

    “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.”