handler

English

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Etymology

handle + -er

Noun

handler (plural handlers)

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

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

2. (in combination) 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.

3. (computing) A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.

Derived terms

• event handler
• exception handler

Related terms

• handlebar
• handleable
• handling

See also

• manipulator

Translations

one who handles

• Dutch: behandelaar (nl) m

one who handles a specified thing

• Dutch: behandelaar (nl) m, verantwoordelijke (nl) m

• Portuguese: treinador (pt) m

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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Danish

Noun

handler c (singular definite handleren, plural indefinite handlere)

1. A (financial) trader

Inflection

    Inflection of handler

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	handler	handleren	handlere	handlerne
genitive	handlers	handlerens	handleres	handlernes

Noun

handler c

1. plural indefinite of handel

Verb

handler

1. present of handle