UNDERSTUDY


Meaning of UNDERSTUDY in English

(understudies)

An actor’s or actress’s ~ is the person who has learned their part in a play and can act the part if the actor or actress is ill.

He was an ~ to Charlie Chaplin on a tour of the USA.

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