Reference meaning
circus
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a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
Other meanings
2. noun
a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
3. noun
a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
4. noun
(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
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