funambulator

noun

fu·​nam·​bu·​la·​tor

plural funambulators

: a tightrope walker : funambulist

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from obsolete English funambule, verb, to walk or dance on a rope (probably from Latin funambulus, noun, funambulist) + English -ator

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