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understudy

('/@/nd/@/r,st/@/d/i/ )

an actor able to replace a regular performer when required(noun.person)

Synonym:
standby

source: wordnet30
One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency.(noun)

source: webster1913

be an understudy or alternate for a role(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
alternate

source: wordnet30
To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.(verb)

source: webster1913

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