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Definition of Circus
1. Noun. A travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals. "He ran away from home to join the circus"
2. Noun. A performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals. "The children always love to go to the circus"
3. Noun. A frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment. "The whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
4. Noun. (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games.
Geographical relationships: Capital Of Italy, Eternal City, Italian Capital, Roma, Rome
Category relationships: Antiquity
5. Noun. An arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent. "They used the elephants to help put up the circus"
6. Noun. A genus of haws comprising the harriers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Accipitridae, Family Accipitridae
Member holonyms: Harrier, Circus Aeruginosus, Marsh Harrier, Circus Pygargus, Montagu's Harrier, Circus Cyaneus, Hen Harrier, Marsh Hawk, Northern Harrier
Definition of Circus
1. n. A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows.
Definition of Circus
1. Noun. A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. ¹
2. Noun. A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet. ¹
3. Noun. (historical) In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing. ¹
4. Noun. (military World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) Circuit; space; enclosure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circus
1. a public entertainment [n -ES] : CIRCUSY [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circus
Literary usage of Circus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"8) mentions that the ancient altar of Con-US in the circus Maximus was nil primai
meta»; it appears to have been in the spina, and was only exposed to view ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"Barnum & Bailey, who owned rolling stock adapted to carrying their circus equipment
and personnel, made, In 1913, a special con- ..."
3. Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadionby David Gilman Romano by David Gilman Romano (1993)
"For example, there is considerable information about the tory and evolution of
the circus Maximus in Rome. Traditi< sources credit the Elder Tarquin, ca. ..."
4. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"He reforms Alypius, his friend, -who had been captivated by a foolish passion
for the shows of the circus. '"THESE things we, who were living as friends ..."
5. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"The Coat of a circus.—Behind the Scenes in the circus. ... I am no admirer of
the circus; but especially do I abhor Booing children in the ring. ..."
6. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"Round the top of the circus, there are arched windows or entrances about forty
feet apart, and three feet wide, which might ferve for the people to enter ..."
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