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/rˈæŋgələr/ /rˈæŋglər/ Listen

noun

Wrangler n.

An angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness. "Noisy and contentious wranglers."

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... control of the Rancho Seco had been direct and simple. When the twenty-seven men of the outfit had straggled into the yard surrounding the big corral—the chuck-wagon, bearing the cook and his assistant, trailing a little behind, and followed by the horses of the remuda with the wrangler hurling vitriolic language in the rear—Harlan was standing beside Purgatory near the corral fence in front of ...

— 'Drag' Harlan • Charles Alden Seltzer

... humble home in the north of England he was so poor that he studied by the light of the staircase candle, and wrapped his feet in wisps of hay in winter to save the cost of a fire. He became the Senior Wrangler, and in due course a Fellow, and ultimately master of the college. To this was added the deanery of Ely. Dying, he bequeathed his moderate fortune for the aid of poor students and the benefit of his college. Of the third court the cloister on the western ...

— England, Picturesque and Descriptive - A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel • Joel Cook

... you been?" demanded the wrangler. "Didn't I tell you to clean Miss Phyl's trap? I've wore my lungs out hollering for you. Now, you git to work, or I'll wear you ...

— Mavericks • William MacLeod Raine

... a fellow a couple of months ago as a horse- wrangler. The man said he was hungry, and made a good impression, so ...

— Going Some • Rex Beach

... Olympian games, which all esteemed an immortal prize. While, in our time, to be the winning crew on the Isis, the Cam, the English or American Thames, is equal in honor and influence to the position of senior wrangler, valedictorian, ...

— Public Speaking • Irvah Lester Winter

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