(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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(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.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012