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.
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