wrangler

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɹæŋɡləː/
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/ˈɹæŋɡləː/ · [ˈɹʷæŋɡləː] · /ˈɹæŋɡlɚ/ · [ˈɹʷæŋɡlɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷæŋɡlɹ̩] · /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋɡlɚ/ · [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋɡlɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋɡlɹ̩] · /ˈɹɛ̃ŋɡlɚ/ · [ˈɹʷɛ̃ŋɡlɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷɛ̃ŋɡlɹ̩]

Definition of wrangler

8 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Someone who wrangles or corrals.
    “And all over Hollywood, suits are licking their chops at the prospect of more malleable actors. “She’s not going to talk back,” one top talent wrangler told me dryly.”
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noun

  1. Someone who wrangles or corrals.
    “And all over Hollywood, suits are licking their chops at the prospect of more malleable actors. “She’s not going to talk back,” one top talent wrangler told me dryly.”
  2. A brawler or disputant.
    “The Seas and Windes (old Wranglers) tooke a Truce, / And did him ſeruice; he touch'd the Ports desir'd,”
  3. (US)A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses.
    “Even as I stretched my arms and shivered a little, the two wranglers threw down their tin plates with a clatter, mounted horses and rode away in the direction of the thousand acres or so known as the pasture.”
  4. (US)A cowboy who takes care of tourists.
  5. An animal handler or trainer.
  6. (UK)A student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours.
    “During all this excursion, she condescended to say civil things to him: she quoted Italian and French poetry to the poor bewildered lad, and persisted that he was a fine scholar, and was perfectly sure he would gain a gold medal, and be a Senior Wrangler.”
  7. (New-England, US, derogatory)A special education teacher.
  8. (Texas)A groom.

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Etymology

From wrangle + -er.

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