aerialist

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɛərɪəlɪst/

Noun

obsolete rare

An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope. / (skiing) A specialist in aerials, a freestyle skiing discipline.

Japanese Meaning

トラペーズや綱渡りなど、高所で演技する空中曲芸師 / フリースタイルスキーにおいて、エアリアル技に特化した専門家

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The aerialist soared across the circus tent, completing a flawless routine high above the ground.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

空中曲芸師はサーカスのテントの上空を舞い、地上高くで完璧な演技を披露した。

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Sense（1）

An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope.

[…] I chanced once, when I called during the day, to meet at the rehearsal M’lle Clarisse, the aerialist […] I looked at her carefully, and I could not divest myself of the impression that she was, in spite of her compact and strongly built little frame, much too delicate and fragile a person to go flying through the air from trapeze to trapeze.

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Sense（2）

(skiing) A specialist in aerials, a freestyle skiing discipline.

Abramenko, a top aerialist in freestyle skiing, a five-time Olympian and the country’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony, garnered more attention after the event, when a photograph of his hug with a Russian rival was widely circulated.

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Sense（3）

(obsolete) One who operates a flying machine; a balloonist or aviator.

The balloon, however, having been torn in the lower part, both the cords and netting of the railing of the car broke, the wind again forced away the gentlemen from the tree they were strongly clasping; but with the assistance of a new, though last exertion, the aerialists had an opportunity of leaving the car and balloon, which fell upwards of 200 yards farther.

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