English Explanatory Dictionary

blondin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specialized type of material ropeway that incorporates a mechanism to raise and lower loads vertically from the suspended ropeway.
name
  1. A surname from French.
noun
  1. An expert tightrope walker.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of blondin.

Word forms

blondin blondins

Etymology

From French blondin. Named after the French tightrope walker and acrobat Charles Blondin (1824–1897).

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