wirewalker

English

Etymology

wire +‎ walker

Noun

wirewalker (plural wirewalkers)

  1. One who performs the feat of walking on a highwire.
    • 2009 March 27, Lawrence Van Gelder, “Where’s That Elephant? It Was Here a Second Ago”, in New York Times‎:
      That is not to overlook the feats of assorted acrobats, wirewalkers and other daredevils blasted from a double-barreled cannon, or flying through the air, or trying to maintain their balance atop a spinning wheel high above the arena floor.
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