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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
escapologist
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He had remembered what the escapologist had taught him!
▪ The would-be statesman is now an aspirant escapologist.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
escapologist

performer who specializes in getting out of confinement, 1926; see escape + -ologist. Related: Escapology.

Wiktionary
escapologist

n. An entertainer skilled in the art of escapology.

WordNet
escapologist

n. someone who is expert in the art of escaping [syn: escape expert]

Usage examples of "escapologist".

Harry Houdini, the famous escapologist, did that once when a trick went wrong.

And this week, the world famous escapologist Houdini was going to free himself from his water torture cell before their very eyes!

This was the theatre-in-the-round of western prosperity: a great, gobbling, yelling, laughing stage crowded with fat ladies and dwarfs, marionettes on strings, fire-eaters, strong men and lots of escapologists.