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means A trained professional who performs dangerous physical action in place of an actor — the fall, the fire, the crash — so the star can walk away unscathed and get the credit.

from A 20th-century American coinage, built plainly from 'stunt' (a feat showing off strength, skill, or daring, itself of uncertain origin — it surfaces in the 1800s with no confirmed root, though some link it to 'stint') plus 'man.' The job predates the word by decades, born in silent-era Hollywood when directors needed someone to crash the car or fall off the horse — but the label 'stuntman' only caught on as movie stunts grew more spectacular and the trade professionalized enough to need a name of its own.