handler

See also: Handler and Händler

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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.

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

Hyponyms

• event handler
• exception handler

Derived terms

• event-handler
• art handler

Related terms

• handlebar
• handleable
• handling

Translations

one who handles

• Dutch: behandelaar (nl) m
• Indonesian: pencengkeram
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: addetto (it), responsabile (it)
• Russian: отвечающий (ru) (otvečajuščij), несущий ответственность (nesuščij otvetstvennostʹ)

one who handles a specified thing

• Bulgarian: дресьор m (dresjor), треньор m (trenjor)
• Dutch: behandelaar (nl) m, verantwoordelijke (nl) m
• German: Betreuer (de) m, Führer (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: addestratore (it)
• Portuguese: treinador (pt) m
• Russian: дрессировщик (ru) (dressirovščik)

See also

• manipulator

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

Declension of handler

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

Noun

handler c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of handel

Verb

handler

1. (deprecated template usage) present of handle

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

handler m

1. indefinite plural of handel

Verb

handler

1. present tense of handle