Usually means: Substitute performers for absent actors.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word understudies:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. understudies: Merriam-Webster
  2. understudies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. understudies: Collins English Dictionary
  4. understudies: Vocabulary.com
  5. Understudies, understudies: Wordnik
  6. understudies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. understudies: Wiktionary
  8. understudies: Dictionary.com
  9. understudies: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Understudies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. understudies: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. understudies: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. understudies: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (understudy)

verb:  To study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required.
verb:  To act as an understudy (to someone).
verb:  To act in a similar manner to some known person.
noun:  A performer who understudies; a standby for a study (9).
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