understudy

Definitions

1. 1.To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part.
2. 2.One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part called?
• What is one who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency called?