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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Juggler \Jug"gler\, noun [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 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.
Jugglers and impostors do daily delude them. --Sir T. Browne.
2. A deceiver; a cheat. --Shak.
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
juggler
noun: a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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