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Funambulist

//fjuːˈnæmbjʊlɪst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.

    "A female funambulist, Maria Spelterini, on various occasions tightrope-walked across the Niagara Gorge with peach baskets on her feet, blindfolded, or manacled."

  2. 2
    an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope wordnet

Etymology

From French funambule or its source, Latin funambulus, from funis (“rope”) + ambulare (“walk”).

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