handler

American  

[hand-ler] / ˈhænd lər /

noun

1. a person or thing that handles.

2. Boxing. a person who assists in the training of a fighter or is the fighter's second during a fight.

3. a person who exhibits a dog in a bench show or field trial.

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handler ¹ British  

/ ˈhændlə /

noun

1. a person, esp a police officer, in charge of a specially trained dog

2. a person who handles some specified thing

   a baggage handler

3. a person who holds or incites a dog, gamecock, etc, esp in a race or contest

4. the trainer or second of a boxer

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Handler ² British  

/ ˈhændlə /

noun

1. Daniel . born 1970, US writer for older children, best known for the macabre humour of his A Series of Unfortunate Events , a sequence of books written in the persona of Lemony Snicket

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Etymology

Origin of handler

1350–1400; Middle English. See handle, -er ¹

Example Sentences

A police dog and its handler searched marshland near to London Road and found a man who tried to run away but was stopped by the canine.

From BBC

The Met has advised the error came about because the call handler pulled up a matching Belgrave Street in Tower Hamlets.

From BBC

Bear will embark on a slower-paced chapter on the Sunshine Coast with one of his former handlers, getting belly rubs and playing his favourite game, fetch.

From Barron's

We found the same pattern in three online experiments in which participants played the role of complaint handlers and were randomly shown either an original complaint or an AI-edited version of the same complaint.

From The Wall Street Journal

His handlers valued his work, and sent him to Scotland to pursue more ambitious ends.

From The Wall Street Journal

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