[f. TRAPEZE + -IST.] A performer on the trapeze.
1858. The Era, 14 Feb., 11/3. The extraordinary trapezists and contortionists, the Brothers Caplene, will appear on Monday next.
1888. Star, 7 June, 4/3. You may have heard of my sister Azella, the trapezist?
1893. Westm. Gaz., 10 Feb., 9/1. He has been a trapezist, a wire-walker, bar-performer, lifter of weights. Ibid. (1905), 11 Sept., 5/1. Aeronaut-trapezist killed.
