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Definition of Aerialist
1. Noun. An acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze).
Definition of Aerialist
1. Noun. An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aerialist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerialist
Literary usage of Aerialist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Progress and Prosperity: The Old World and Its Remaking Into the New--the by William DeHertburn Washington (1911)
"The aerialist has, perhaps, the most difficult of all New Difficul- problems of
transportation when weight carry- ties, ing comes into consideration, ..."
2. Watch Yourself Go by by Alfred Griffith Field (1912)
"The arms of the aerialist were thrust through loops under the wings, hand-holds
were at the proper length from the base of the wings. ..."
3. Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London by Epidemiological Society of London (1905)
"The view of the aerialist—as I understand it—is, that it requires a concurrence
of favourable conditions to produce this result, and that concurrence cannot ..."
4. New Jersey Handbook by Russell Roberts (2004)
"On that date, the French aerialist Jean Pierre Blanchard took off in a hot air
balloon from Philadelphia. His flight took about an hour, and covered 15 ..."
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