Aerialist

3 definitions found

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

  aerialist \aer"i*al*ist\ n.
     1. an athlete who performs acts high above the ground on a
        trapeze or high wire, requiring skill and agility and
        coordination.
  
     Syn: trapeze artist


          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     2. a burglar who gains entrance to buildings from the
        rooftop, sometimes leaping from building to building in
        the process. A type of second-story man. [Slang]
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aerialist
       n : an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)

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

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "aerialist":
     acrobat, bareback rider, circus artist, clown, contortionist,
     equestrian director, equilibrist, flier, funambulist, gymnast,
     high wire artist, high-wire artist, juggler, lion tamer,
     palaestrian, pancratiast, ringmaster, ropewalker,
     slack-rope artist, snake charmer, sword swallower,
     tightrope walker, trapeze artist, tumbler, weightlifter