- wrangler
- noun Date: circa 1510 1. a bickering disputant 2. [short for horse-wrangler, probably part translation of Mexican Spanish caballerango groom] a ranch hand who takes care of the saddle horses; broadly cowboy
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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… …
