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Handicapper   /hˈændikˌæpər/   Listen
Handicapper

noun
1.
Someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race).  Synonym: odds-maker.





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"Handicapper" Quotes from Famous Books



... Corner, where he compiles a limited but comfortable libretto. During season he rides often in the Park, mounted on a clever well-bred pony. He is to be seen escorting celebrated horsewoman, Fanny Highflyer, or in confidential converse with Lord Thimblerig, the eminent handicapper. ...
— The Book of Snobs • William Makepeace Thackeray


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