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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
juggler
    n 1: a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of
         manual dexterity

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Juggler \Jug"gler\, n. [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.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. One who juggles; one who practices or exhibits tricks by
      sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.
      [Archaic]

   Note: This sense is now expressed by magician or
         conjurer.
         [1913 Webster +PJC]

               As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak.
         [1913 Webster]

               Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them.
                                                  --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. A deceiver; a cheat. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A person who juggles objects, i. e. who maintains several
      objects in the air by passing them in turn from one hand
      to another.
      [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for Juggler:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
acrobat, aerialist, bareback rider, blackleg, cheat, cheater, chiseler, circus artist, clown, conjurer, cozener, crook, defrauder, diddler, equestrian director, equilibrist, escamoteur, flier, flimflam man, flimflammer, gyp artist, gypper, high-wire artist, illusionist, lion tamer, magician, prestidigitator, ringmaster, slack-rope artist, sleight-of-hand performer, snake charmer, swindler, sword swallower, tightrope walker, trapeze artist, tricker, trickster, tumbler, two-timer
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