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Definition of Ropedancer
1. Noun. An acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground.
Definition of Ropedancer
1. n. One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height.
Definition of Ropedancer
1. Noun. (dated) A tightrope walker. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ropedancer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ropedancer
Literary usage of Ropedancer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Racing Calendar by National Hunt Committee, London (1876)
"Barlow - 3 to 1 agst ropedancer, 11 to 2 each agst Castle Wellan and Arbitrator,
100 to 15 each agst Florimel and Antidote, 100 to 8 agst Shallow, ..."
2. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1876)
"There, however, the weight told, and Melitta and ropedancer had the finish to
themselves, ... which ropedancer deprived her of near home, and won cleverly. ..."
3. The new and complete dictionary of the English languageby John Ash by John Ash (1795)
"... (a^j.from ropedancer) Dancing on a rope. ... The a£l of a ropedancer, dances
on a rope. the exhibition of a ..."
4. History of the French Revolution of 1789 by Louis Blanc (1848)
"... that skill in manual exercises had always been a sufficient glory for him,
and at twenty-three years of age, a pupil of the ropedancer Placide, ..."
5. The Racing Calendar by National Hunt Committee, London (1875)
"... 4 yrs,list 416 Sherrington 2 Mr O. Dash's ropedancer, 5 yrs, ... 4 yrs, list
2lb W. Ducker - 9 to 4 agst ropedancer, 5 to 1 agst Weathercock, ..."
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