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Definition of Tightrope walker
1. Noun. An acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope.
Definition of Tightrope walker
1. Noun. An acrobat who practices tightrope walking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightrope Walker
Literary usage of Tightrope walker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walking the Tightrope: Talks on Meditative Development with Pemasiri Thera by David Young (2005)
"And he is not thinking it is a good or bad thing to walk on the rope, nor is he
making a lot of wishes for his future. The tightrope walker is only paying ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"Lll.-99. monly imagined to be about the same as those which beset the professional
tightrope walker. Of course this was all due to a misunderstanding; ..."
3. The History of the Boston Theatre, 1854-1901 by Eugene Tompkins, Quincy Kilby (1908)
"... Blondin the tightrope walker, Paul Brilliant, Maugin, Marzetti, Thilman, Axel,
Ione, Mme. Marzetti, Victorine Franck, Mlles. ..."
4. The History of the Boston Theatre, 1854-1901 by Eugene Tompkins, Quincy Kilby (1908)
"... June 5, 1855, the principals being Francis Ravel, Blondin the tightrope walker,
Paul Brilliant, Maugin, Marzetti, Thilman, Axel, lone. Mme. ..."
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