juggler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity

WordNet


Jug"gler noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.
    As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. Shak.
    Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. Sir T. Browne.
  2. A deceiver; a cheat. Shak.

Webster 1913