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wrangler
(wran|gler)
Pronunciation:
/ˈraŋglə/
noun
1
North American
a person in charge of horses or other livestock on a ranch.
a person who trains and takes care of animals on a film set:
they had three cow wranglers to help with the scene
2
a person engaging in a lengthy and complicated dispute:
he was known as the wrangler for the aplomb with which he skewered the professors
3
(at Cambridge University) a person placed in the first class of the mathematical tripos.
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