stagehand
noun
stage·hand ˈstāj-ˌhand 
: a stage worker who handles scenery, properties, or lights
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Xcel Energy Center cheering after a stagehand put out the fire with an extinguisher as the band appeared to continue to play. 
Fox News, 15 Sep. 2022 Host Jesse Palmer begins this week's odyssey in the Tealight Candle Thunderdome, where a thirsty member of Bachelor Nation dutifully waves a sign provided by a stagehand. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2022 In Love and Thunder, the stage version of Hela is played by comedy legend Melissa McCarthy, with McCarthy's real-life husband and frequent collaborator Ben Falcone also popping up as a stagehand. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 July 2022 One video, said to be taken from the crowd at the venue, a stagehand kicked a squirrel who had made its way onto the stage. Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2022 In the transition between shows, a stagehand died in a fatal fall; now, improbably, the show has popped up four blocks away, at the Marquis Theater, and is trying again. New York Times, 18 May 2022 Pulling the curtain through the years is Atung (Glenn Obrero), a figure who exists somewhere between spectacle and narrator, authorial representative and stagehand, factotum and moral conscience. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2022 At the time, Poitier was working as a janitor in exchange for acting classes and Harry was a stagehand. Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2022 On a recent morning, Mazzella greeted stagehand Timmy McDonough, who was brandishing a garden rake to comb out kinks in the chains. Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 See More
Fox News, 15 Sep. 2022 Host Jesse Palmer begins this week's odyssey in the Tealight Candle Thunderdome, where a thirsty member of Bachelor Nation dutifully waves a sign provided by a stagehand. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2022 In Love and Thunder, the stage version of Hela is played by comedy legend Melissa McCarthy, with McCarthy's real-life husband and frequent collaborator Ben Falcone also popping up as a stagehand. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 July 2022 One video, said to be taken from the crowd at the venue, a stagehand kicked a squirrel who had made its way onto the stage. Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2022 In the transition between shows, a stagehand died in a fatal fall; now, improbably, the show has popped up four blocks away, at the Marquis Theater, and is trying again. New York Times, 18 May 2022 Pulling the curtain through the years is Atung (Glenn Obrero), a figure who exists somewhere between spectacle and narrator, authorial representative and stagehand, factotum and moral conscience. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2022 At the time, Poitier was working as a janitor in exchange for acting classes and Harry was a stagehand. Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 7 Jan. 2022 On a recent morning, Mazzella greeted stagehand Timmy McDonough, who was brandishing a garden rake to comb out kinks in the chains. Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above