"escape artist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: escape artists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} escape artist (plural escape artists)
  1. A person who is skilled at escaping from confinement, for example from prisons. Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (person skilled in escaping from confinement): kahlekuningas (Finnish), escapista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Ausbrecherkönig [masculine] (German), szabadulóművész (Hungarian), utbrytarkung [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-escape_artist-en-noun-L7x0MrBn Disambiguation of Occupations: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'person skilled in escaping from confinement': 87 13
  2. An entertainer who performs escapes from perilous situations such as cages, coffins, and straitjackets. Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Theater Hyponyms: handcuff artist Translations (entertainer): Entfesselungskünstler [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-escape_artist-en-noun-w2VWqarT Disambiguation of Occupations: 49 51 Disambiguation of People: 31 69 Disambiguation of Theater: 34 66 Disambiguation of 'entertainer': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: quick-change artist

Inflected forms

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