Funambulist
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noun.
One who performs on a tightrope or a slack rope.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A performer on a stretched rope; a rope-walker or rope-dancer.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A ropewalker or ropedancer.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
tightrope walker
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope
Word Usage
"It begins by referring to the “funambulist” at the heart of the novel."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
acrobat