HANDLER meaning: Person managing or controlling something

We found 27 dictionaries that define the word handler:

General (20 matching dictionaries)

handler: Merriam-Webster.com
handler: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
handler: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
handler: Collins English Dictionary
handler: Vocabulary.com
Handler, handler: Wordnik
handler: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Handler, handler: Wiktionary
handler: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
handler: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
handler: Infoplease Dictionary
handler: Dictionary.com
handler: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Handler (espionage), Handler, The Handler (TV series), The Handler (album), The Handler (song), The Handler: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
handler: Rhymezone
handler: Free Dictionary
handler: Mnemonic Dictionary
handler: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)

handler: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

handler: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

handler: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

handler: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
The Handler, handler: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
▸ noun:  (in combination) A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).
▸ noun:  (in combination) An advisor or manager providing guidance to a person occupying public office or a prominent position.
▸ noun:  (programming) A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Opposite:

non-handler, bystander, observer, spectator

Types:

babysitter, dog sitter, pet sitter, nanny, maid, butler, valet, chauffeur, more...

Phrases:

event handler, exception handler, Interrupt handler, air handler, dog handler, more...

Adjectives:

interrupt, event, new, appropriate, content, single, onclick, simple, current, corresponding, level

Colors:

beige, brown, tan, olive, khaki, more...

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