juggler

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a performer who repeatedly throws and catches several objects or performs similar dexterity tricks

   The juggler kept five clubs spinning above the stage.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who manages several tasks, roles, or demands at once

   As a working parent, she became an expert juggler of deadlines and appointments.

3. 3
   noun

   a conjurer or performer of sleight-of-hand tricks, especially in historical use

   The court juggler amazed the guests with coins that seemed to vanish.

From Middle English jogeler, partly from Old English geogolere ("magician, juggler") and partly via Anglo-Norman and Old French jogelour. It is related to jongleur and was later reanalyzed as juggle + -er.

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