juggler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
juggler
    n 1: a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of
         manual dexterity
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Juggler \Jug"gler\, n. [OE. jogelour, juglur, OF. jogleor,
   jugleor, jongleor, F. jongleur, fr. L. joculator a jester,
   joker, fr. joculus a little jest or joke, dim. of jocus jest,
   joke. See {Joke}, and cf. {Jongleur}, {Joculator}.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. One who juggles; one who practices or exhibits tricks by
      sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.
      [Archaic]

   Note: This sense is now expressed by {magician} or
         {conjurer}.
         [1913 Webster +PJC]

               As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak.
         [1913 Webster]

               Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them.
                                                  --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. A deceiver; a cheat. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A person who juggles objects, i. e. who maintains several
      objects in the air by passing them in turn from one hand
      to another.
      [PJC]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "juggler":
      acrobat, aerialist, bareback rider, blackleg, cheat, cheater,
      chiseler, circus artist, clown, conjurer, cozener, crook,
      defrauder, diddler, equestrian director, equilibrist, escamoteur,
      flier, flimflam man, flimflammer, gyp artist, gypper,
      high-wire artist, illusionist, lion tamer, magician,
      prestidigitator, ringmaster, slack-rope artist,
      sleight-of-hand performer, snake charmer, swindler,
      sword swallower, tightrope walker, trapeze artist, tricker,
      trickster, tumbler, two-timer

    

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