acrobat
noun/ˈækrəbæt/
/ˈækrəbæt/
- a person who performs difficult acts such as balancing on high ropes, especially at a circusWord Originearly 19th cent.: from French acrobate, from Greek akrobatēs, from akrobatos ‘walking on tiptoe’, from akron ‘tip’ + bainein ‘to walk’.
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