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Meaning of WRANGLER

Pronunciation:  'rangglur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
  2. [n]  someone who argues noisily or angrily
 
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 Synonyms: horse wrangler
 
 See Also: arguer, cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, debater, puncher

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wran"gler\, n.
1. An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or
   peevishness. ``Noisy and contentious wranglers.'' --I.
   Watts.
2. One of those who stand in the first rank of honors in the
   University of Cambridge, England. They are called,
   according to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler,
   third wrangler, etc. Cf. {Optime}.
 
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