Synonyms for juggler

Grammar : Noun

Spell : juhg-ler

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌg lər

Définition of juggler

Origin : c.1100, iugulere "jester, buffoon," also "wizard, sorcerer," from Old English geogelere "magician, conjurer," also from Anglo-French jogelour, Old French jogleor (accusative), from Latin ioculatorem (nominative ioculator) "joker," from ioculari "to joke, to jest" (see jocular). Connecting notion between "magician" and "juggler" is dexterity.

As in conjuror : noun magician

Example sentences :

The audience now had the appearance of one watching a juggler perform a trick.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Napier thought there was some collusion between the juggler and his retainer.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

The juggler looked attentively at the hand, and said he would not make the trial.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

As a mountebank, a juggler, a quack doctor—I spurned the very idea.
Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat

He minds you somewhat of a juggler, balancing a long staff on his chin.
Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

The barefaced audacity of the act (like that of a juggler) caused it to pass unobserved.
Extract from : « Twice Bought » by R.M. Ballantyne

The first person they stopped to watch was a Juggler doing tricks.
Extract from : « The Irish Twins » by Lucy Fitch Perkins

A juggler who makes as much of this worst of all possible worlds as if it were the best.
Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers

She suffered with the juggler as he fought a battle with his soul.
Extract from : « The Magic Curtain » by Roy J. Snell

As the juggler she offered songs of battle, songs of conquest, drama.
Extract from : « The Magic Curtain » by Roy J. Snell

Words or expressions associated with your search

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019