aerialist
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈɛəriəlɪst/
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aéreo
- The talented aerialist performed breathtaking acrobatics high above the audience during the circus show.
- trapeze aerialist
- flying aerialist
- aerialist artist
Examples
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I was twenty when I followed away from my town a trapeze family, aerialists, a group of beautiful winged people: mother, father, son, and daughter.
Fiction book (1991) -
We caught up with the aerialist last week to find out more about the Aerial Arts Showcase she's putting together—with some help from her friends.
Blog text (25) -
He was the greatest aerialist that ever lived.
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This is the place in the story where the aerialists realize there is no net and there never has been.
Fiction book (1991) -
What do the Fletchers think of the new generation of aerialists?
Blog text (10) -
The aerialists are balanced on thin wires above a pure abyss.
Fiction book (1991) -
Trojan Original is a classically trained dancer and aerialist and has been involved in burlesque for a number of years.
Blog text (4) -
Bonus fact: Earlier this year, aerialist Nik Wallenda crossed Niagara Falls on a high wire suspended nearly 200 feet (60 meters) above the water's surface.
Blog text (5) -
They are master aerialists, darting and diving and free-falling high or low over the lake, their forked tails splayed and turning as a keel.
Blog text (22) -
During her training, the young aerialist practiced her routine on the trapeze every evening.
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who does skilled, risky moves like flips and tightrope walking
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5.5
A performer who walks and balances on a thin rope high above the ground
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3.7
A person who does physical tricks and jumps in a circus show
A performer who balances on a rope high above the ground
A person who walks on a rope high above the ground and does tricks
How High
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8.5
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4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word aerialist comes from aerial ('air') and the ending -ist ('one who does something'), so an aerialist is a performer who works 'in the air', like someone swinging from a trapeze high above the ground.