handler

UK: /ˈhændlə/ US: /ˈhændlɚ/ ,(hand′lər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

han•dler /ˈhændlɚ/   n. [countable]

1. a person or thing that handles.
2. Sport a person who trains a boxer or who trains dogs and exhibits them in dog shows.
3. Government a person who manages and represents a public figure, esp. a political candidate:
   The candidate was surrounded by his handlers and the news media.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

han•dler  (hand′lər), n. 

1. a person or thing that handles.
2. Sport [Boxing.] a person who assists in the training of a fighter or is the fighter's second during a fight.
3. a person who exhibits a dog in a bench show or field trial.

• Middle English. See handle, -er¹ 1350–1400

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handler / ˈhændlə/ noun

1. a person, esp a police officer, in charge of a specially trained dog
2. the trainer or second of a boxer

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Handler / ˈhændlə/ noun

1. Daniel. born 1970, US writer for older children, best known for the macabre humour of his A Series of Unfortunate Events, a sequence of books written in the persona of Lemony Snicket