wrangler

wrangler
a) Someone who wrangles or quarrels
b) A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses

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  • Wrangler — Wran gler, n. 1. An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness. Noisy and contentious wranglers. I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 2. One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wrangler — ☆ wrangler wrangler1 [raŋ′glər] n. [ WRANGLE1 + ER] a person who wrangles, or argues, esp. in a contentious way wrangler2 [raŋ′glər] n. [< (horse) wrangler, partial transl. of AmSp caballerango, a groom, footman ] a cowboy who herds livestock …   English World dictionary

  • Wrangler — Wrangler, wird in England jeder Student genannt, welcher beim Examen die erste Censur erhält …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • wrangler — index disputant, malcontent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • wrangler — (n.) person in charge of horses or cattle, herder, 1888, agent noun from WRANGLE (Cf. wrangle) (v.); as a proprietary name for a brand of jeans, copyrighted 1947, claiming use from 1929 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Wrangler — Officiers de l université de Cambridge lors d une cérémonie de remise de diplômes. À l université de Cambridge, un wrangler est un étudiant qui a obtenu les meilleurs résultats scolaires en troisième année (appelée Part II) de mathématiques (le …   Wikipédia en Français

  • wrangler — /rang gleuhr/, n. 1. a cowboy, esp. one in charge of saddle horses. 2. a person who wrangles or disputes. 3. (at Cambridge University, England) a person placed in the first class in the mathematics tripos. [1505 15; WRANGLE + ER1; (def. 1) orig.… …   Universalium

  • wrangler — wran•gler [[t]ˈræŋ glər[/t]] n. 1) cvb a cowboy, esp. one in charge of saddle horses 2) a person who wrangles or disputes • Etymology: 1505–15; wrangle+ er I; (def. 1) orig. horse wrangler, prob. partial trans. of MexSp caballerango groom, stable …   From formal English to slang

  • wrangler — /ˈræŋglə/ (say ranggluh) noun 1. someone who wrangles or disputes. 2. Obsolete (at Cambridge University) one of those who attained first class honours in mathematics. 3. US someone who tends or wrangles horses. 4. Film, TV a person who looks… …  

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