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Funambulist vs Funambulus - What's the difference?

funambulist | funambulus |

As a noun funambulist

is a tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.

As a proper noun funambulus is

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funambulist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
  • * 2012 June 14, David Hakim, " After Century-Long Wait, Stage Is Set for Man Daring to Cross the Falls," New York Times (retrieved 1 August 2013):
    • A female funambulist , Maria Spelterini, on various occasions tightrope-walked across the Niagara Gorge with peach baskets on her feet, blindfolded, or manacled.

    Related terms

    * funambulism

    References

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    funambulus

    English

    Noun

    (funambuli)
  • (obsolete) A funambulist; a tightrope walker.
    • (Webster 1913) ----