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wrangler

/ˈɹæŋɡəlɚ/

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What does wrangler mean?

noun

  1. Someone who wrangles or corrals.
  2. A brawler or disputant.
  3. A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. A cowboy who takes care of tourists.
  2. An animal handler or trainer.
  3. A student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours.
  4. A groom.
  5. (derogatory) A special education teacher.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɹæŋɡəlɚ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɹæŋɡlɚ/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Three chapters of this book, "A Fool About a Horse," "The Horse Wrangler," and "The Rough String," are especially recommended.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
The first, or senior, wrangler probably beat him by a facility in applying well-known rules, and a readiness in writing.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979
More book examples (3)
Tell him he hath made a match with such a wrangler That all the courts of France will be disturb’d With chaces.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
Presently afterwards, coming to a side lane, the future senior wrangler, for a senior wrangler he is destined to be, always provided he finds his way to Cambridge, darted down it like an arrow, and disappeared.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
Sharp to the north he went, and Jo, the skilful wrangler, rode and rode and yelled and tossed the dust with shots, but down on a gulch the wild black meteor streamed and Jo could only follow.
Ernest Thompson SetonWild Animals I Have KnownProject Gutenberg ebook #3031