stunt man
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noun Movies, Television.
a man who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
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Origin of stunt man
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
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How to use stunt man in a sentence
Some might want to be the star, others to direct, but it takes a special breed to want to risk life and limb as a stuntman.
In 2008, Connery revealed in an interview that Fleming had called him an “over-developed stuntman.”
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When it was time to shoot, the assistant director brought in a stuntman for the scene.
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British Dictionary definitions for stunt man
stuntman
feminine stuntwoman
/ (ˈstʌntmən) /
noun plural -men or -women
a person who performs dangerous acts in a film, television programme, etc in place of an actor
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