aerialist

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a…

   An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope.

   • The migratory birds have flown the coop but they’ll be back with their built-in compass. They’ll come back the way the circus does each year— with aerialists, our angular birds that loop the loop.
2. 2

   A specialist in aerials, a freestyle skiing discipline.

   • Abramenko, a top aerialist in freestyle skiing, a five-time Olympian and the country’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony, garnered more attention after the event, when a photograph of his hug with a Russian rival was widely circulated.
3. 3

   One who operates a flying machine

   One who operates a flying machine; a balloonist or aviator.

   • The Frenchman, Paulhan, made several spectacular flights, but it is noticeable that while the American aerialists are less spectacular they are doing more to further the art of flying.
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   1. 4

      A person whose knowledge of agriculture is purely academic and not derived from…

      A person whose knowledge of agriculture is purely academic and not derived from experience.

      • 1825, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Volume 2, p. 1133, Book farmers, the aerialists of Marshal, are those who know agriculture only by reading about it.

The neighborhood

• synonymhighwire walker
• synonymtightrope walker
• synonymaerials skier
• neighboraerialism
• neighborfreestyle skier