ROPEWALKER

ropewalker, ropedancer

(noun) an acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ropewalker (plural ropewalkers)

An acrobat who performs a tightrope dance; a ropedancer.

Source: Wiktionary


Rope"walk`er, n.

Definition: A ropedancer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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