old stager
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of old stager
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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And will be there be another old stager on the comeback trail?
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Opposite Bruce, the old stager and experienced hand, will be Gary Rowett, one of the division’s brightest young managers.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2016
Far from the solitary splendour of the ancient old stager, it turns out that trees communicate with one another through their roots.
From Nature ● Sep. 13, 2016
The old stager Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, Argentina's talisman in the O'Connell or Sergio Parisse mould, remains from that squad.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2015
I am an old stager, you see, and doubtless I don't march with the times; but this seems to me to be a very rapid business!
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
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