handler

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæn.dlə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhæn.dlɚ/
  • Hyphenation: hand‧ler

Noun

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handler (plural handlers)

  1. (literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
    • 1984 December 8, Christine Guilfoy, “United Not Friendly To Workers With AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 1:
      Although the airline told them it took such action because they might spread the disease in their capacity as food handlers, neither was offered a transfer to other departments.
    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.
    • 2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
      They are also very sympathetic, especially Caesar’s orangutan advisor, Maurice (Karin Konoval), who takes a shine to a human moppet (Amiah Miller) he finds hiding in the back of a shack, and the poignant Bad Ape (a scene-stealing Steve Zahn), a mangy chimp who was beaten so often in his zoo-animal days that he came to believe what his handlers were shouting was supposed to be his name.
  3. (in combination) 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. (programming) A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.
    • 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming, volume 5, page 62:
      If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.

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References

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

Danish

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Noun

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handler c (singular definite handleren, plural indefinite handlere)

  1. A (financial) trader

Inflection

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Noun

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handler c

  1. indefinite plural of handel

Verb

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handler

  1. present of handle

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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handler m

  1. indefinite plural of handel

Verb

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handler

  1. present tense of handle

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English handler.

Noun

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handler m (plural handlers)

  1. (ultimate frisbee) handler