Juggler

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  juggler
       n : a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of
           manual dexterity

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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