Meaning

4 senses
  1. (literally)One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.

    The handler of a weapon gets a symbolic sensation of deadly power.

    Handhaber

    отвечающийotvečajuščij, несущий ответственностьnesuščij otvetstvennostʹ

    an agent who handles something or someone

  2. A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).

    The spy's handler told him to approach the subject by posing as a dog handler.

    Betreuer, Trainer, Führer

    дрессировщикdressirovščik

  3. An advisor or manager providing guidance to a person occupying public office or a prominent position.

    The governor received guidance on how to best disseminate key information to the public from her handler.

  4. A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Tom used to be a dog handler.

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  2. Tom is a dog handler.

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  3. The lion suddenly pounced on its handler.

    ruВнезапно лев набросился на дрессировщика.

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  4. Boldi used to work as a dog handler.

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  5. Tom is a search‑and‑rescue dog handler.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
one who handles:
one who handles a specified thing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who handles:
one who handles a specified thing:

Origin

From Middle English handler, handiller, equivalent to handle + -er.

From Middle English handler, handiller, equivalent to handle + -er.

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Forms

plural: handlers
Singularhandler
Pluralhandlers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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