juggler
Americannoun
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a person who performs juggling feats, as with balls or knives.
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a person who deceives by trickery; trickster.
noun
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a person who juggles, esp a professional entertainer
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a person who fraudulently manipulates facts or figures
Etymology
Origin of juggler
before 1100; Middle English jogelour, jogeler, jugelour < Anglo-French jogelour, jugelur, Old French jogleor, jougleor ( see jongleur) ≪ Latin joculātor joker, equivalent to joculā ( rī ) ( see juggle) + -tor -tor; replacing Old English gēogelere magician, cognate with German Gaukler, both directly < Latin, as above
Explanation
A juggler is someone who can toss and catch several objects at once, always keeping at least one of them in the air at any given moment. If you want to become a juggler, try juggling tennis balls instead of fiery torches. Watching a juggler perform can be awe-inspiring, especially if she's juggling knives or some other dangerous set of objects. You can become a juggler simply by learning to juggle, and professional jugglers can work for circuses or perform for money at festivals and street fairs. Juggler, jester, and wizard all once shared a meaning as well as a root, the Old English geogelere, "magician or conjurer."
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Example Sentences
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And for three days my husband, our sons and I worked in the driveway of A Storage Solution alongside a hauler named Joe but known professionally as the Junk Juggler.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
All the evenings will feature Circus to Go by the Big Apple Circus and Paris the Hiphop Juggler, as well as several other acts.
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2014
The Siteswap system has had considerable success across the world particularly among professional jugglers according to Ieuan Evans, organiser of British Young Juggler of the Year.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2012
The British Young Juggler of the Year will be decided over the weekend, and you can also learn balloon modelling between catching acts such as Jonglissimo, Inside Loop and Jay Gilligan.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2011
Some nights he may be better than on others, but you'll be delighted if you just catch him in the Juggler vein.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various
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