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wrangler

/ˈɹæŋɡələ/RANG-guh-lur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈɹæŋɡəlɚ/RANG-guh-lur

Meaningone who wrangles

Common meaning: a person who argues

Other meanings: one who herds horses

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwrang‘wrong’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwranglensource
  3. Englishwrangle‘to argue’
  4. Englishformed in English from wranglewrangler‘a person who argues’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from wrangle + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WRANGLE, p.720 · scan

Source words

  • wrang Old English · source word “twisted, crooked”

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