wrangler

[ rang-gler ]

/ ˈræŋ glər /

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noun

a cowboy, especially one in charge of saddle horses.

a person who wrangles or disputes.

(at Cambridge University, England) a person placed in the first class in the mathematics tripos.

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Origin of wrangler

1505–15; wrangle + -er¹; (def. 1) originally horse-wrangler, probably partial translation of Mexican Spanish caballerango groom, stable boy, with -erango suggesting wrangler

Words nearby wrangler

Wrangel Island, Wrangell, Wrangell Mountains, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, wrangle, wrangler, WRANS, wrap, wrap account, wraparound, wraparound mortgage

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How to use wrangler in a sentence

From Romantic squish to scabrous satirist to rebel wrangler to, finally, Ambassador of Goodwill.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy|Michael Weiss|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Johnny worked as a wrangler at the Elkhorn dude ranch, but he lived only for the rodeo—until he met Sue.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She served as a gatekeeper and adviser, friend and designer wrangler.
Who's Dressing Michelle Now?|Robin Givhan|February 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
By Tuesday morning it will be interesting to see whether Wrangler is still running their Brett Favre commercials.
Brett Favre, Prima Donna|Allen Barra|October 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST

On the rise, sharply silhouetted against the west, Alfred rode wrangler to the little herd of ponies.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
"Oh, no, this kind of a wrangler isn't," laughed the foreman.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas|Frank Gee Patchin
The first, or senior, wrangler probably beat him by a facility in applying well-known rules, and a readiness in writing.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
Gilbert Wakefield, second wrangler in 1776, published an edition of Lucretius, and was a man of great ability and energy.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen
Mathematics came within his department; but, certainly in my time, he never turned out a wrangler.
Recollections of a Long Life|John Stoughton

British Dictionary definitions for wrangler

wrangler

/ (ˈræŋɡlə) /

noun

one who wrangles

Western US and Canadian a herder; cowboy

a person who handles or controls animals involved in the making of a film or television programmea snake wrangler

British (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

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