What is "funambulist"

Funambulist \Fu*nam"bu*list\, n. A ropewalker or ropedancer.

"tightrope-walker," 1793, coined from Latin funis "a rope, line, cord," + ambulare "to walk" (see amble (v.)). Earlier was funambulant (1660s), funambule (1690s from Latin funambulus, the classical name for a performer of this ancient type of public entertainment), and pseudo-Italian funambulo (c.1600). Related: Funambulate; funambulation; funambulatory.

n. A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.

n. an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope [syn: tightrope walker]