Definition of Trapezist

1. Noun. a gymnast who performs on the trapeze ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trapezist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trapezist

trapesing
trapezate
trapeze
trapeze artist
trapeze dress
trapeze dresses
trapezed
trapezelike
trapezes
trapezia
trapezial
trapeziform
trapezii
trapezing
trapeziometacarpal
trapezist (current term)
trapezists
trapezium
trapezium bone
trapeziums
trapezius
trapezius muscle
trapeziuses
trapezohedra
trapezohedral
trapezohedron
trapezohedrons
trapezoid
trapezoid body
trapezoid bone

Literary usage of Trapezist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1921)
"It is about the great love of a Russian Prince Imperial and of Sonya, a comely but garrulous trapezist in the royal circus. She, entering the prince's ..."

2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"... I launch myself into mid-air, and with an impetus which only a practised trapezist con pire, I awing to the highest point of ..."

3. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1886)
"... by Violently Striking his Head against the Edge of the Stage, Go 9 / Hold, a trapezist, while Performing at the during the Erection of a New Cotton Mill ..."

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