dictionary definitions for "juggler"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

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

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]


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