juggler

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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