wrangler

[rang-gler]

noun

1. a cowboy, especially 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.

wrangler

/ ˈræŋɡlə /

noun

1. one who wrangles

2. a herder; cowboy

3. a person who handles or controls animals involved in the making of a film or television programme

   a snake wrangler

4. (at Cambridge University) a candidate who has obtained first-class honours in Part II of the mathematics tripos. The wrangler with the highest marks is called the senior wrangler

Word History and Origins

Origin of wrangler¹

1505–15; wrangle + -er ¹; wrangler ( def. 1 ) originally horse-wrangler, probably partial translation of Mexican Spanish caballerango groom, stable boy, with -erango suggesting wrangler

Example Sentences

Famed Australian crocodile wrangler Matt Wright has been found guilty of lying to police and pressuring a hospitalised witness after a fatal helicopter crash.

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“Maybe I was an animal wrangler so I could put myself through chef school,” he says.

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“No. Sorry,” the official said, as another pooler noted that wranglers looked on “sheepishly.”

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One press wrangler got particularly testy about entry, prompting one veteran reporter to ask “Are they going to fingerprint us too?” as they worked their way toward the president.

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Speaking from his vacation in Kyoto, Japan, Snow talked to The Envelope about teaming with storm chasers and data wranglers to craft the look of havoc-wreaking weather.

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Related Words

• breeder 
• herder 
• herdsman