Hypertext Webster Gateway: "juggler"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]
1. One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand;
one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.

As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak.

Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. --Sir
T. Browne.

2. A deceiver; a cheat. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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