wrangler

[ rang-gler ]

noun

1. a cowboy, especially 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.

wrangler

/ ˈræŋɡlə /

noun

1. one who wrangles
2. a herder; cowboy
3. a person who handles or controls animals involved in the making of a film or television programme

   a snake wrangler

4. (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

Word 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

Example Sentences

Steve Gonzalez, a California Department of Fish and Wildlife information officer, lamented that his office’s bear wrangler was sick and that his department did not have on-the-ground personnel to help.

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Georgia May, who has worked for brands including Wrangler, Pandora and Vivienne Westwood, kept herself booked and busy during her pregnancy, she told InStyle Magazine in August, saying she feels “like that’s been good for me.”

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He released his debut LP, “Lady Wrangler,” on Republic in 2018.

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Artists priced out of Los Angeles head to this creative hub in the high desert Joshua Tree’s celebrity rattlesnake wrangler wants to change how you see reptiles Opinion: I left L.A. to live in a cabin in the desert.

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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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Related Words

• breeder
• herder
• herdsman