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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

aerialist

· aer·i·al·ist · IPA /ˈɛəɹɪəlɪst/
01 n. an athlete who performs acts high above the ground on a trapeze or high wire, requiring skill and agility and coordination.
  1. 1.
    an athlete who performs acts high above the ground on a trapeze or high wire, requiring skill and agility and coordination.
  2. 2.
    a burglar who gains entrance to buildings from the rooftop, sometimes leaping from building to building in the process. A type of second-story man.[Slang]