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noun
a performer who is skilled at balancing in unusual positions and hazardous movements, as a tightrope walker in a circus.
Equilibrist comes by way of French from Latin ܾīܳ, “equilibrium,” which is formed from aequus, “equal,” and ī, “balance.” Though aequus is of unknown origin, ī may be distantly related to English liter. Equilibrist was first recorded in English in the 1750s.
EXAMPLE OF EQUILIBRIST USED IN A SENTENCE
The equilibrists performed cartwheels on the narrow beam suspended in the air.