desultorn.
/dɪˈsʌltə/ rare.
A circus horse-leaper.
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horse-rider1580
strongman1701
hippodromist1840
desultor1880
Auguste1900
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Desultores, desultorii, Persons of agility of body, who used to leap from one horse to another, at the Horse Races in the Circensian Games.]
1880 M. Collins Thoughts in Garden I. 183 Clowns and desultors in ragged jackets were hanging about.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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