Meaning

4 senses
  1. One who determines the conditions of a handicap.

  2. (Canada, US)A disabled person.

  3. A horse entered in a handicap race.

    someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)

  4. A person who analyzes data such as statistics, trends, and situational factors in order to predict the outcome of and gain an advantage in betting on an event.

Origin

From handicap + -er.

From handicap + -er.

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Forms

plural: handicappers
Singularhandicapper
Pluralhandicappers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race):odds-maker

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhandicap

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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