Juggler \Jug"gler\, n. [OE. jogelour, juglur, OF. jogleor, jugleor, jongleor, F. jongleur, fr. L. joculator a jester, joker, fr. joculus a little jest or joke, dim. of jocus jest, joke. See Joke, and cf. Jongleur, Joculator.]

[1913 Webster]

1. One who juggles; one who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer. [Archaic]

Note: This sense is now expressed by magician or conjurer. [1913 Webster +PJC]

As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

2. A deceiver; a cheat. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. A person who juggles objects, i. e. who maintains several objects in the air by passing them in turn from one hand to another. [PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "juggler": acrobat, aerialist, bareback rider, blackleg, cheat, cheater, chiseler, circus artist, clown, conjurer, cozener, crook, defrauder, diddler, equestrian director, equilibrist, escamoteur, flier, flimflam man, flimflammer, gyp artist, gypper, high-wire artist, illusionist, lion tamer, magician, prestidigitator, ringmaster, slack-rope artist, sleight-of-hand performer, snake charmer, swindler, sword swallower, tightrope walker, trapeze artist, tricker, trickster, tumbler, two-timer

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

juggler

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Juggler \Jug"gler\, n. [OE. jogelour, juglur, OF. jogleor, jugleor, jongleor, F. jongleur, fr. L. joculator a jester, joker, fr. joculus a little jest or joke, dim. of jocus jest, joke. See Joke, and cf. Jongleur, Joculator.]

1. One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.

As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. --Shak.

Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. --Sir T. Browne.

2. A deceiver; a cheat. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)