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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