aerialist

(âr'ē-ə-lĭst)
n.
An acrobat who performs in the air, as on a trapeze or tightrope.

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Philippe Petit, Strolling

Walking a tightrope took on new heights when aerialist Philippe Petit took an illegal stroll between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on this date in 1974. The French stuntman had taken six years to prepare for the moment. When he finally descended, he was immediately taken into police custody. The punishment? To give a free performance in Central Park and a lifetime pass to the observation deck of the WTC's South Tower. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks brought the Twin Towers down, Mordicai Gerstein wrote a Caldecott Award-winning book about Petit's exploits, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.

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See words rhyming with "aerialist."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - luftakrobat

Nederlands (Dutch)
luchtacrobaat

Français (French)
n. - voltigeur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Luftakrobat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ακροβάτης, σχοινοβάτης

Italiano (Italian)
trapezista, acrobata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - trapezista (m) (f)

Русский (Russian)
воздушный акробат

Español (Spanish)
n. - volatinero, equilibrista, trapecista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - luftakrobat

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
高空特技演员

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 高空特技演員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 공중 곡예사

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 空中曲芸師, 空中ぶらんこ乗り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألبهلوان ألجوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הולך על חבל, לוליין-טרפז‬

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