wrangler
/ˈɹæŋɡləː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours.
British usage
noun
A groom.
Example Sentences
- "And all over Hollywood, suits are licking their chops at the prospect of more malleable actors. “She’s not going to talk back,” one top talent wrangler told me dryly."
- "The Seas and Windes (old Wranglers) tooke a Truce, / And did him ſeruice; he touch'd the Ports desir'd,"
- "Even as I stretched my arms and shivered a little, the two wranglers threw down their tin plates with a clatter, mounted horses and rode away in the direction of the thousand acres or so known as the pasture."
- "During all this excursion, she condescended to say civil things to him: she quoted Italian and French poetry to the poor bewildered lad, and persisted that he was a fine scholar, and was perfectly sure he would gain a gold medal, and be a Senior Wrangler."
Etymology
Etymology tree English wrangle Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English wrangler From wrangle + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɹæŋɡləː/
Usage
- American usage
- British usage
- Derogatory