handler
/ˈhænd.lə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.50 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
noun
A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).
noun
An advisor or manager providing guidance to a person occupying public office or a prominent position.
noun
A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The handler of a weapon gets a symbolic sensation of deadly power."
- "Although the airline told them it took such action because they might spread the disease in their capacity as food handlers, neither was offered a transfer to other departments."
- "The spy's handler told him to approach the subject by posing as a dog handler."
- "They are also very sympathetic, especially Caesar’s orangutan advisor, Maurice (Karin Konoval), who takes a shine to a human moppet (Amiah Miller) he finds hiding in the back of a shack, and the poignant Bad Ape (a scene-stealing Steve Zahn), a mangy chimp who was beaten so often in his zoo-animal days that he came to believe what his handlers were shouting was supposed to be his name."
- "The governor received guidance on how to best disseminate key information to the public from her handler."
- "If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: handler
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhænd.lə/
- British English: /ˈhænd.lə/