Synonyms for handler

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hand-ler

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhænd lər

Top 10 synonyms for handler

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Définition of handler

Origin : 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).

As in manager : noun person who runs organization
As in merchant : noun person who sells goods
As in trainer : noun instructor, teacher
As in agent : noun person representing an organization or person in business
As in driver : noun person who engineers vehicle

Example sentences :

He was already beginning to show his natural fitness as a handler of weapons.
Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough

"There's a certain advantage to this," he said as he moved the handler delicately.
Extract from : « Pandemic » by Jesse Franklin Bone

Count Redstone's handler, a bronzed, gray-haired veteran, said "Ready!"
Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux

Comet found birds and Swygert, his handler, flushed them and shot.
Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux

When with the gambler, or the roue, he was equally at home—a debauchee, or a handler of cards.
Extract from : « Ellen Walton » by Alvin Addison

The music store engaged him as handler at six dollars a week.
Extract from : « McTeague » by Frank Norris

No, despite the irony of the handler of money, there are some consciences that refuse to yield: and then, what then?
Extract from : « His Excellency the Minister » by Jules Claretie

Technically, Leonardo was not a handler of the brush superior in any way to his Florentine contemporaries.
Extract from : « A Text-Book of the History of Painting » by John C. Van Dyke

This operation necessitates only three men—a gatherer, a handler, and a carrier-off.
Extract from : « How To Write Special Feature Articles » by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

And if he is lazy, he has to be spurred with all sorts of whips, which are offensive both to the handler and the handled.
Extract from : « Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre » by Voltairine de Cleyre

Antonyms for handler

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