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UPSTAGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does upstager mean?
• UPSTAGER (noun)
The noun UPSTAGER has 1 sense:
1. a selfish actor who upstages the other actors
Familiarity information: UPSTAGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A selfish actor who upstages the other actors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("upstager" is a kind of...):
actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)
Derivation:
upstage (steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else)
upstage (move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience)
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