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Ropedancer

Ropedancer \Rope"dan`cer\, n. One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height. -- Rope"dan`cing, n.

Wiktionary
ropedancer

n. (context dated English) A tightrope walker.

WordNet
ropedancer

n. an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground [syn: ropewalker]

Usage examples of "ropedancer".

But he could not find her, and it was not until the ropedancers had left the town that she came to him.

She was often seen going to a basin of water to wash from her face the paint with which the ropedancers had red-dened her cheeks: indeed, she nearly rubbed off the skin in trying to wash away its fine brown tint, which she thought was some deep dye.

I had become a bit long in the tooth for a trumpet prodigy and the ropedancers were smoking more and dancing less.