UNDERSTUDY


Meaning of UNDERSTUDY in English

n. & v. esp. Theatr.

n. (pl. -ies) a person who studies another's role or duties in order to act at short notice in the absence of the other.

v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 study (a role etc.) as an understudy. 2 act as an understudy to (a person).

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