Definitions for wranglerˈræŋ glər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

wran•glerˈræŋ glər(n.)

  1. a cowboy, esp. one in charge of saddle horses.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. a person who wrangles or disputes.

Origin of wrangler:

1505–15; wrangle+ -er1; (def. 1) orig. horse-wrangler, prob. partial trans. of MexSp caballerango groom, stable boy, with -erango suggesting wrangler

Princeton's WordNet

  1. wrangler(noun)

    someone who argues noisily or angrily

  2. horse wrangler, wrangler(noun)

    a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses

Wiktionary

  1. wrangler(Noun)

    Someone who wrangles or quarrels

  2. wrangler(Noun)

    A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses

  3. wrangler(Noun)

    A cowboy who takes care of tourists

  4. wrangler(Noun)

    An animal handler or trainer

  5. wrangler(Noun)

    a student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wrangler(noun)

    an angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness

  2. Wrangler(noun)

    one of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Wrangler

    name given in Cambridge University to those who have attained the first rank in mathematics, pure and applied, the one who heads the list being known as the Senior Wrangler.


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