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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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# Someone who [[wrangle]]s or [[corral]]s. |
# Someone who [[wrangle]]s or [[corral]]s. |
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# A [[ |
# A [[brawler]] or [[disputant]]. |
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#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida|scene=ii|act=II|page=606|passage=The Seas and Windes (old '''Wranglers''') tooke a Truce, / And did him ſeruice; he touch'd the Ports desir'd,}} |
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# {{lb|en|US}} A [[cowboy]] who takes care of [[saddle]] [[horse]]s. |
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#* {{quote-book|en|title=Arizona Nights|author=Stewart Edward White|year=1907|chapter=5|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/753/pg753-images.html|passage=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.}} |
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# An [[animal]] [[handler]] or [[trainer]]. |
# An [[animal]] [[handler]] or [[trainer]]. |
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# {{lb|en|UK|education|University of Cambridge}} A [[student]] who has completed the third year of the [[mathematical]] [[tripos]] with [[first-class]] [[honour]]s. |
# {{lb|en|UK|education|University of Cambridge}} A [[student]] who has completed the third year of the [[mathematical]] [[tripos]] with [[first-class]] [[honour]]s. |
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#* {{RQ:Thackeray Vanity Fair|chapter=XXXIV|passage=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'''.}} |
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# {{lb|en|US|education|New England|derogatory}} A [[special education]] [[teacher]]. |
# {{lb|en|US|education|New England|derogatory}} A [[special education]] [[teacher]]. |
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# {{lb|en|Texas}} A groom. |
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====Usage notes==== |
====Usage notes==== |
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====Derived terms==== |
====Derived terms==== |
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* [[baby wrangler]] |
* [[baby wrangler]] |
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* [[tard wrangler]] |
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====See also==== |
====See also==== |
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* {{l|en|optime}} |
* {{l|en|optime}} |
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{{C|en|Occupations|People}} |
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[[Category:en:People]] |
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Latest revision as of 15:44, 28 October 2024
English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]wrangler (plural wranglers)
- Someone who wrangles or corrals.
- A brawler or disputant.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- The Seas and Windes (old Wranglers) tooke a Truce, / And did him ſeruice; he touch'd the Ports desir'd,
- (US) A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses.
- 1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 5, in Arizona Nights[1]:
- 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.
- (US) A cowboy who takes care of tourists.
- An animal handler or trainer.
- (UK, education, Cambridge University) A student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XXXIV, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- 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.
- (US, education, New England, derogatory) A special education teacher.
- (Texas) A groom.
Usage notes
[edit]In the Cambridge sense, the student taking the first place in the class is the senior wrangler, the second is the second wrangler, and so on.