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WRANGLER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses

Synonyms:

horse wrangler; wrangler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("wrangler" is a kind of...):

cattleman; cowboy; cowhand; cowherd; cowman; cowpoke; cowpuncher; puncher (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)

Derivation:

wrangle (herd and care for)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who argues noisily or angrily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("wrangler" is a kind of...):

arguer; debater (someone who engages in debate)

Derivation:

wrangle (to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively)

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