handler
pronunciation
How to pronounce handler in British English:
UK [ˈhændlə(r)]
How to pronounce handler in American English:
US [ˈhændlɚ]
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- Noun:
- one who trains or exhibits animals
- an agent who handles something or someone
- (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
Word Origin
- handler (n.)
- late 14c., "one who handles" anything, agent noun from handle (v.). Specific sense of "one engaged in trade" is from 1690s; that of "prizefighter's assistant" (1916) was earlier used in reference to dogfights and cockfights (1825).
Example
- 1. Adds a command handler to the menu command service .
- 2. Cancel any timers associated with the handler .
- 3. Just is equity bate the crosier of handler .
- 4. Cannot remove the event handler since no public remove method exists for the event .
- 5. The u.s. photographer said he had deployed his assistant mauricio handler ( pictured ) as bait for this friendly 70-ton giant .