Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who walks, dances, or performs acrobatic feats on a rope extended at a considerable height above the floor or ground; a funambulist. Also
rope-walker .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
tightrope walker .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground
Etymologies
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Examples
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If a foreigner were to announce that he would dance on a pack-thread, he would ruin the ropedancer; because, as the thread would in all probability break, his danger would be greater, and therefore his exhibition would be incomparable!
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 386, August 22, 1829 Various
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In reference to the connection between the duchess and the ropedancer, Mr. Pope introduced the following lines into his "Sober Advice from Horace:"
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"Pay me what her clothes cost," cried the ropedancer at last, "and you may take her."
Fifty Famous Stories Retold James Baldwin 1883
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The rogue was most probably one of the vagrants, and like a flash it entered his mind that the ropedancer, Kuni, who in her prosperous days, instead of eating meat and vegetables, preferred to satisfy her appetite with fruits and sweet dainties, might be the culprit.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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The kindness which the lame ropedancer showed to the fragile child was lavishly returned to her by a thousand proofs of the warmest attachment.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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The ropedancer remembered this statement, questioned other Bacchantes about these things, and heard the doctrine of the transmigration of the soul confirmed.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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At first he received her sternly and repellantly enough, but, as soon as she introduced herself as the ropedancer who had met with the accident, he showed himself to be a kindly old gentleman.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Never had he beheld any ropedancer display so much grace, strength, and daring.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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