aerobat

[air-uh-bat]

noun

1. a person who performs aerobatics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aerobat¹

First recorded in 1855–60; aero- + (acro)bat

Example Sentences

Show us the man who habitually carries pills of any sort in his waistcoat-pocket, be they opium or whatever else, and we can assure you that that man is an aërobat,—that somehow, in one sense or another, he walks in the air above other men's heads.

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