WRANGLER Definition & Meaning

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wrangler

[ rang-gler ]

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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.

wrangler

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noun

one who wrangles
a herder; cowboy
a person who handles or controls animals involved in the making of a film or television programme
a snake wrangler
(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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�y��vlog 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

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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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One time the cat escaped and ran underneath our set, so we were basically shut down for an hour while the animal wrangler crawled around trying to find him.

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