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jug⋅gler
[juhg-ler] 
lər
–noun
| 1. | a person who performs juggling feats, as with balls or knives. |
| 2. | a person who deceives by trickery; trickster. |
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Juggler
Jug"gler\, n. [OE. jogelour, juglur, OF. jogleor, jugleor, jongleor, F. jongleur, fr. L. joculator a jester, joker, fr. joculus a little jest or joke, dim. of jocus jest, joke. See Joke, and cf. Jongleur, Joculator.]1. One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer. As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak. Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. --Sir T. Browne. 2. A deceiver; a cheat. --Shak.
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juggler
c.1100, iugulere "jester, buffoon," also "wizard, sorcerer," from O.E. geogelere "magician, conjurer," also from Anglo-Fr. jogelour, from O.Fr. jogleor (acc.), from L. joculatorem (nom. joculator) "joker," from joculari "to joke." Connecting notion between "magician" and "juggler" is dexterity.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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