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understudies
Variant of understudy
noun pl. understudies
- an actor who learns the part of another actor so as to serve as a substitute when necessary
- any person who learns the duties of another so as to serve as a substitute
transitive verb, intransitive verb understudied, understudying
- to act as an understudy (to)
- to learn (a part) as an understudy
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