juggler

[ juhg-ler ]

noun

1. a person who performs juggling feats, as with balls or knives.
2. a person who deceives by trickery; trickster.

ˈjuggler

/ ˈdʒʌɡlə /

noun

1. a person who juggles, esp a professional entertainer
2. a person who fraudulently manipulates facts or figures

Word History and Origins

Origin of juggler¹

before 1100; Middle English jogelour, jogeler, jugelour < Anglo-French jogelour, jugelur, Old French jogleor, jougleor ( jongleur ) ≪ Latin joculātor joker, equivalent to joculā ( rī ) ( juggle ) + -tor -tor; replacing Old English gēogelere magician, cognate with German Gaukler, both directly < Latin, as above

Example Sentences

Profile details this with rapid-fire swiftness, as Amy switches between her web browser, iMessage, Skype, and hard-drive photos and videos like a master digital juggler.

From The Daily Beast

Similarly, I’ve been learning juggling and I really enjoy a professional juggler named Taylor Glenn.

From Nautilus

For example Francis Brunn, the greatest juggler in the world, was my best friend for many years until he died.

From The Daily Beast

Along the way he also picked up the skills to be an acrobat, a juggler, a wire walker, a trapeze artist, and a clown.

From The Daily Beast

The juggler, with the assistance of his remedies, can perform cures which seem miraculous to ignorant spectators.

From Project Gutenberg

She was exceedingly dexterous at this sort of work, and would have proved a formidable rival to many a juggler by profession.

From Project Gutenberg

I feel rather like—like a juggler who's trying for the first time to keep a lot of new things going in the air all at once.

From Project Gutenberg

At best, the spiritual operations are childish, or at least they fall short of the tricks of a Chinese juggler.

From Project Gutenberg

A wonderful juggler did all sorts of curious tricks and a young man sang the drollest of songs.

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