aerialist
English
noun
Definitions
- An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope.
- (skiing) A specialist in freestyle aerials skiing
- (obsolete) One who operates a flying machine; a balloonist or aviator.
- (obsolete) A person whose knowledge of agriculture is purely academic and not derived from experience.
Etymology
Suffix from English aerial.
Origin
English
aerial
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aerial English
- aerial ladder English
- aerialism English
- aeriality English
- aerially English
- aerialness English
- nonaerial English
- pseudoaerial English
- subaerial English
- āerius Latin