handlern.¹

Brit.

/ˈhandlə/,

/ˈhandl̩ə/, U.S.

/ˈhænd(ə)lər/,

/ˈhæn(ə)lər/

Forms: see handle v.¹ and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: handle v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < handle v.¹ + -er suffix¹.In sense 1a in later use perhaps influenced by Dutch handelaar (1676 in the now usual sense ‘trader’; already in Middle Dutch as handelere in sense ‘person who deals with or treats any immaterial thing’) or German Händler (end of the 14th cent. in the now usual sense ’trader’; already in Middle High German as handler in sense ‘person who does something’). With the specific use with reference to stolen goods (see sense 1a) compare later handle v.¹ 9.

a. A person who deals with or trades in goods or commodities; (now also) spec. a person who handles stolen goods.

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society > trade and finance > trader > [noun]

mongereOE

chapmanc890

haberdasher1311

need doera1382

handlera1398

unfreeman1445

occupier1509

taker-up1548

trafficker1560

pliers1565

copeman1566

trader1566

copemaster1579

couper1581

drover1585

negotiator1596

merchandiser1597

coper1609

dealer1611

commercer1632

market-maker1647

general dealer1709

negotianta1774

outfitter1829

man-

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > receiver of stolen goods > [noun]

receiver?a1400

intaker1421

resetterc1430

marker1591

marter1591

fence1699

fencer1699

fencing-cully1699

lock1699

family man1747

locker1753

drop1915

smasher1929

handler1995

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xiii. 481 Chaungers, handillers [1495 de Worde handlers] of siluer.

a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) ii. 25 Outgivings to traders and handlers in this Kingdom.

1729 J. Montgomerie Let. 29 Aug. in E. O′Callaghan Documents Colonial Hist. N.-Y. (1855) V. 896 The wonted abuses of the Handlers or Traders, who formerly wrested their Furrs from them.

1755 State of Brit. & French Colonies in N. Amer. v. 91 The people of Albany, who are most of them, if not all, traders or handlers.

1860 2nd. Rep. Kentucky Agric. Soc. 123 The handlers in Louisville..pay an average of one dollar to one dollar and twenty-five cents per barrel for it, shipping south, and finding a fair margin for profit.

1888 Proc. 14th Ann. Meeting Iowa State Improved Stock-breeders' Assoc. 1887 29 Many of the handlers of commodities that the farmers use are combining to limit production and put up prices.

1922 Econ. Jrnl. 32 308 The improving organisation of the marine-store dealers and other handlers of ‘junk’.

1956 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (U.S. Dept. Agric.) v. 24/2 Producers supplying one handler will receive a uniform price.

1995 T. R. S. Allan in E. Attwooll & D. Goldberg Criminal Justice 31 Police officers had posed as shady jewellers..as a means of tracking down and obtaining evidence against the thieves and handlers.

2011 Independent 25 July 15/1 Transatlantic traffic between London and New York is a huge part of the handlers' work, which involves dealing with art works coming and going from destinations around the world.

b. A person who deals with or treats any immaterial thing, spec. one who discusses a subject in speech or writing; a person who treats someone or something in a specified manner. Frequently with of.

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the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun]

mathelereOE

mouthOE

speaker1303

sayer1340

outera1415

utterer1509

handler1534

trumpet1549

discourser1564

deliverer1580

linguist1612

vocalist1613

sermocinator1623

sermocinatrix1623

articulator1651

worder1654

voice1667

stringer1774

tonguer1822

vocalizer1830

locutor1858

outspeaker1858

speaker-hearer1965

speaker-listener1965

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun] > the writing of > one who

handler1534

treater1594

treatiser1604

tractatora1638

exercitator1649

diatribista1660

dissertator1698

tractarian1824

tractitian1831

disquisitionist1838

dissertationist1844

disquisitor1889

1534 G. Joye Subuersion Moris False Found. f. xxxvi Is not this a faitheful handler of holyscripture?

1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 1009/1 Mendacem enim (vt scis) memorem esse oportet: that men, although they see the matter to be false, yet might commend the workmanship of the handler.

1624 E. Forset Def. Right of Kings 17 It hath beene by the moderne handlers of controuersie, argued with much skill and strength of wit.

1653 Z. Coke Art of Logick 195 Let the Species thereof be recounted; which after may have their peculiar handling also if the handler be so purposed.

1735 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 95/2 The rough handler of all divines, and of all churches.

?1775 Cabinet Curiosities 33 The righteous found him to be..a deceitful handler of the word of God.

1843 New Englander Jan. 112/2 The thorough handler of distinct topics of truth.

1895 Truth 30 May 1352/1 The complaisant French priest..was a clumsy handler of a bruised conscience.

1908 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 71 730 A wealth of information..and a command of sustained subtle argument, which have been..at the disposal of few previous or succeeding handlers of his subject.

1965 W. Hammond in M. E. Stevens et al. Statist. Assoc. Methods Mechanized Documentation 239/2 In any given instance, it is unlikely that the information handler will know how well-informed the user may be.

2006 M. Hammond Reading, Publishing & Formation Lit. Taste in Eng., 1880–1914 v. 167 Her position as a confident handler of her own affairs.

a. A person who touches, holds, or physically manipulates something.

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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > one who engages in an activity or occupation > one who deals with

handler1537

dealer1586

haberdasher1592

manager1598

conductor1634

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > one who uses

userc1425

handler1537

utilizer1873

1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. D.i^v Som brought forth..pocularies for drynkers, som manuaries for handlers of reliques.

1582 R. Parsons First Bk. Christian Exercise i. viii. 109 Neither fornicatours, nor Idolatours, nor adulterers, nor vncleane handlers of theire owne bodies..shal euer possesse the kingdome of God.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iii. §4. 269 The very holding of the root or handling of it, dieth the handlers urine into a perfect red colour.

1793 Nat. Hist. Birds, Fish, Insects & Reptiles IV. 182 It [sc. the barbel] can inflict a very severe and dangerous wound on the incautious handler.

1843 Southern Planter Mar. 109/2 Mr. Minor has too much handling of tobacco in the field. The handlers should pick up with both hands until full.

1893 Trans. Med. Soc. Virginia 24 150 Disinfection of dunnage for yellow fever without detention of those unpacking and handling it..increases the risk of development of yellow fever in the handlers.

1948 Pop. Mech. Oct. 133/1 Let your vision roam..so that you take in a bigger picture around the ball or its handler.

2002 Pop. Sci. May 84/1 Since cels are made out of petroleum derivatives.., they attract dirt and oil from a handler's fingers.

b. A person who wields or controls something held in the hand; a user of a tool, weapon, etc.Chiefly with modifying adjective denoting competence or otherwise.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > wielder or director of weapon

guidec1381

handler1598

director1632

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > maker or fitter of handles or stocks

hafter1598

handler1598

stocker1641

stouker1809

tanger1921

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker

workmaneOE

handworker1480

manuary1581

hand labourer1583

manualist1592

operator1598

apron-mana1616

aproneer1659

apron-rogue1664

handler1763

blue-collar1951

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 3 (margin) The fierie weapon without practise dangerous to the handler.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 225 A cunning Archer or handler of a Gunne.

1763 S. Bourn Series Disc. Parables III. ii. iv. 263 Edge-tools, with which the unskilful handler maims or wounds himself.

1785 J. Andrews Hist. War with Amer. I. xvi. 444 They were the most expert handlers of that principal instrument in war [sc. the firelock], of any people.

1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) i. 6 Many foreigners are very excellent handlers of the cue.

1899 Forest & Stream 18 Nov. 406/1 The law-abiding sportsman must suffer for the wrongdoings of the irresponsible handlers of guns.

1919 Electr. World 8 Mar. 495/2 Competent handlers of the oxy-acetylene torch are readily hired at good wages.

2004 D. K. Palit Musings & Memories II. x. 362 Brigade Commander Gobinder Singh..was a keen handler of both gun and rod.

c. A person whose job involves handling or working with a particular substance, object, etc.Usually with modifying word specifying the thing handled.For established compounds, as baggage, coal, freight-, mail-handler, etc., see the first element.

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1869 Boston Investigator 15 Dec. 262/4 The following figures show the present average wages in the principal trades in New York:—Bricklayers, $5 per day..; 'longshore lumber handlers 40 cents an hour.

1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly May 91 Those perils which beset engineers, train-men, the handlers of explosives, and the tenders of machinery.

1928 Rotarian May 27/2 He was talking and laughing with a group of truck drivers and cement handlers when I approached.

1958 N.Y. Times 28 July 39/2 In thirty years, the survey indicates, a garbage-handler plods 101,400 miles on the job.

1982 Washington Post 30 July d9/4 The lawsuits have been filed by asbestos handlers.., seeking damages for lung damage they charge is related to asbestos.

2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 19 May 4 A food handler was peeling boiled potatoes in the pot-wash area next to a sink filled with dirty water.

d. A rugby player, as opposed to an Association Football player. Frequently contrasted with dribbler. Cf. handling n.¹ Compounds 2. Now rare.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position

full back1875

goal kick1875

No. eight1876

goalkicker1879

three-quarter back1880

handler1888

three-quarter1889

heeler1892

scrum half1894

lock forward1898

standoff1902

five-eighth1905

hooker1905

threes1905

flying half1906

loose head1907

standoff1908

fly-half1918

fly1921

inside half1921

outside half1921

scrum1921

inside centre1936

flank forward1937

out-half1949

prop1950

prop forward1951

number eight1952

flanker1953

tight head1959

back-rower1969

second rower1969

striker1973

packman1992

1888 Liverpool Mercury 10 Sept. 7/4 While the ‘dribblers’ are being visited by Canadians, the ‘handlers’ are to have their skill gauged by a strong team of Maoris.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Mar. 3/1 The rough play which has prevailed this winter, both among the dribblers and the handlers.

1906 Badminton Mag. 23 547 England has fifteen clubs of amateur dribblers for every one of amateur handlers.

3. Tanning. A pit containing weak tanning liquor in which hides are agitated. Cf. handle v.¹ 2d. Now historical.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > tan-vat > types of

bark-vatc1440

bark-cobillc1550

handler1771

grainer1813

roundabout1842

rocker1876

suspender1882

lay-away1885

layer pit1901

1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 886/1 This liquor is deposited in a number of handlers or dusters..and the hides are thrown promiscuously into it.

1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 68 115 The leather is ready for the ooze, and at first is thrown into smaller holes, which are termed handlers.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator v. 311 The pits containing the weakest solutions are called ‘handlers’.

1920 Leather Manufacturer Sept. 304/1 The tanning proceeds in about the accustomed manner in the rockers, handlers and layers, in varying combinations.

2010 M. R. Miller Betsy Ross & Making Amer. xv. 234 Benjamin Flower's Walnut Street tanyard boasted fourteen vats, two handlers and two limes, a good water pool, [etc.].

(a) A person who holds and incites a dog or gamecock in a fight or contest; (also) a person who exhibits a dog at a show or trial.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > person holding animal in contest

handler1783

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > dog-keeper > dog-handler

handler1897

1783 Weekly Entertainer 3 Nov. 412 Their cock-pit..is enclosed with a railing..; none but the handlers and heelers being admitted within side.

1828 Marly xvii. 320 The party..took their stances in the temporary cock-pit... The handlers made their appearance.

1897 Field 6 Feb. 168/1 Each hound has a handler. They work the dogs in front of the judges.

1937 E. B. Moffit Elias Vail trains Gun Dogs ix. 134 Gallery critics at field trials are puzzled at the difficulty that many handlers experience in getting a dog to go out far enough to a retrieve.

1959 Times 18 Sept. 7/5 Of the nine handlers who took part in the opening event—the hired shepherds' championship—only two failed to complete the course.

1973 C. Geertz Interpr. Cultures xv. 422 The spurs affixed, the two cocks are placed by their handlers (who may or may not be their owners) facing one another.

2006 Dogs Monthly July 28/2 I was at a companion show just recently and I watched a young handler who couldn't control her shar pei.

(b) A person who controls (usually exotic) animals, esp. as part of a performance.

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1879 Washington Post 5 Apr. 2 An individual who signs himself ‘Charles Roumfort, champion snake handler..of the United States’.

1900 Clin. Rev. 12 466 An old snake handler is quoted as saying, ‘Never be afraid of the snakes, never make a sudden move, and you are quite safe.’ This man would put his hand into a box of fresh cobras.

1931 Pop. Mech. Aug. 266/2 Oddly, bear cats will not permit handlers to pet them, yet they will climb up a trainer's leg as though seeking human companionship.

1977 Lancet 22 Oct. 847/2 Allergic respiratory and skin symptoms are not uncommon in animal handlers.

1991 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 17 Feb. 6/5 Handlers doused him [sc. a dolphin] constantly with water from a garden spray.

2012 R. Dmytryk Wildlife Search & Rescue ix. 137 To restrain an adult opossum, the handler, wearing heavy leather gloves, can gain control of the animal's upper body at the nape of the neck.

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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > with other specific duties

receiver1829

shoo-fly1877

charge-inspector1887

sparrow cop1896

handler1908

courtesy cop1938

community policeman1941

first responder1975

1908 Penny Illustr. Paper 9 Sept. An experienced handler would..have avoided putting his hound on the trail of General Luard.

1945 Pop. Sci. Oct. 125/1 Saint Bernards are quarrelsome and touchy: handlers prefer the huskies.

1962 Times 29 Dec. 6/7 Minivans..containing two highly trained police dogs with their handlers.

2001 Navy News Sept. 12/2 Trained to sniff out explosives and drugs, Castor was abseiled, with his handler, on to the deck of a target ship.

b. Boxing. The trainer or second (second n.² 9b) of a boxer; a person who assists a boxer between the rounds of a fight.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer's second

second1743

bottle holder1787

handler1879

corner1952

1879 E. James Lives & Battles Champions of Eng. 67 Iles..had Bob Travers and Jack Hicks for his handlers.

1916 Our Navy (U.S.) May 53/2 The writer..is an ex-boxer himself,..a handler and trainer of boxers.

1960 Times 1 Sept. 4/4 It took several seconds of rough first aid by his handlers before he was able to regain his seat.

2011 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 11 Nov. 52 The upper body of the 38-year-old challenger is notably bigger, though that..doesn't seem to bother Pacquiao or his handlers.

c. Originally U.S. A person employed to advise or protect a politician, celebrity, etc.; esp. a publicity agent or bodyguard. Usually in plural.Cf. minder n. 4b, 4c, 4d.

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1909 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 19 Mar. 6/1 It is suggested that the handlers of Mr Hopkins [sc. a former senator] give him a week in which to rest up.

1942 Billboard 5 Sept. 23/3 Miller or his handlers failed properly to impress the people involved that maestro didn't have a minute for guest appearances.

1977 Guardian 25 May 14/7 Encouraging people to think of Mrs Thatcher in Prime Ministerial terms is a sound tactic by her handlers.

1994 N.Y. Times 6 Mar. h17/3 Ms. Channing arrives at an Upper East Side bistro precisely on time and without the usual celebrity handler.

2007 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 28 Jan. Prince Charles..greeted them with quips and handshakes and zipped away from his handlers for one more hello.

d. An intelligence agent who directs the activities of a spy, informer, etc.Frequently with modifying word specifying the organization to which the handler belongs.

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1962 Life 7 Sept. 70 a/3 Stashinskiy's handlers told him he could pursue his friendship..although social contact between agents and German girls was generally discouraged.

1970 W. T. Divale & J. Joseph I Lived inside Campus Revol. p. vii ‘Wayne,’ my FBI handler said quietly, using my undercover name, ‘are you absolutely sure you want to go through with this?’

1993 Times 11 Dec. (Mag.) 20/3 If a handler has knowledge of crime, the information is passed to the RUC and action is taken.

2006 D. Herzog Cunning (2008) 78 He might tell the handlers with a straight face that Soviet spies believe he's one of their own.

5. With modifying adjective: a thing that handles or reacts to handling in the specified way. Cf. handle v.¹ 5.In early use chiefly of cattle, with reference to a desired elasticity of skin and firmness to the touch. Now chiefly of a motor vehicle (cf. handle v.¹ 5b).

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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun] > suitability to be touched

handler1807

touchability1903

1807 T. J. Rawson Statist. Surv. County of Kildare vi. 98 Good handlers, but bad milkers.

1872 Times 10 Dec. 5/4 The shorthorn..is a grand handler, of very great substance.

1883 Mech. Engineer 17 Feb. 40/3 Engines with very crooked reach rods are universally hard handlers.

1902 Proc. 47th Ann. Meeting Western N.Y. Hort. Soc. 89 The Hale plum..is too soft and a bad handler.

1947 Pop. Sci. July 66/2 Our Navy's capital ships are considered ‘good handlers’, but their sheer size is problem enough.

1989 Car & Driver Sept. 36/3 The result—struts at the front and a torsion-beam axle located by trailing arms at the rear—makes the Favorit a crisp handler.

2010 D. Gingerelli et al. 365 Motorcycles you must Ride 245/2 Kawasaki two-strokes were notoriously poor handlers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	handler
释义	handlern.¹ Brit. /ˈhandlə/, /ˈhandl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈhænd(ə)lər/, /ˈhæn(ə)lər/ Forms: see handle v.¹ and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: handle v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < handle v.¹ + -er suffix¹.In sense 1a in later use perhaps influenced by Dutch handelaar (1676 in the now usual sense ‘trader’; already in Middle Dutch as handelere in sense ‘person who deals with or treats any immaterial thing’) or German Händler (end of the 14th cent. in the now usual sense ’trader’; already in Middle High German as handler in sense ‘person who does something’). With the specific use with reference to stolen goods (see sense 1a) compare later handle v.¹ 9. 1. a. A person who deals with or trades in goods or commodities; (now also) spec. a person who handles stolen goods. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] mongereOE chapmanc890 haberdasher1311 need doera1382 handlera1398 unfreeman1445 occupier1509 taker-up1548 trafficker1560 pliers1565 copeman1566 trader1566 copemaster1579 couper1581 drover1585 negotiator1596 merchandiser1597 coper1609 dealer1611 commercer1632 market-maker1647 general dealer1709 negotianta1774 outfitter1829 man- the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > receiver of stolen goods > [noun] receiver?a1400 intaker1421 resetterc1430 marker1591 marter1591 fence1699 fencer1699 fencing-cully1699 lock1699 family man1747 locker1753 drop1915 smasher1929 handler1995 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xiii. 481 Chaungers, handillers [1495 de Worde handlers] of siluer. a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) ii. 25 Outgivings to traders and handlers in this Kingdom. 1729 J. Montgomerie Let. 29 Aug. in E. O′Callaghan Documents Colonial Hist. N.-Y. (1855) V. 896 The wonted abuses of the Handlers or Traders, who formerly wrested their Furrs from them. 1755 State of Brit. & French Colonies in N. Amer. v. 91 The people of Albany, who are most of them, if not all, traders or handlers. 1860 2nd. Rep. Kentucky Agric. Soc. 123 The handlers in Louisville..pay an average of one dollar to one dollar and twenty-five cents per barrel for it, shipping south, and finding a fair margin for profit. 1888 Proc. 14th Ann. Meeting Iowa State Improved Stock-breeders' Assoc. 1887 29 Many of the handlers of commodities that the farmers use are combining to limit production and put up prices. 1922 Econ. Jrnl. 32 308 The improving organisation of the marine-store dealers and other handlers of ‘junk’. 1956 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (U.S. Dept. Agric.) v. 24/2 Producers supplying one handler will receive a uniform price. 1995 T. R. S. Allan in E. Attwooll & D. Goldberg Criminal Justice 31 Police officers had posed as shady jewellers..as a means of tracking down and obtaining evidence against the thieves and handlers. 2011 Independent 25 July 15/1 Transatlantic traffic between London and New York is a huge part of the handlers' work, which involves dealing with art works coming and going from destinations around the world. b. A person who deals with or treats any immaterial thing, spec. one who discusses a subject in speech or writing; a person who treats someone or something in a specified manner. Frequently with of. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun] mathelereOE mouthOE speaker1303 sayer1340 outera1415 utterer1509 handler1534 trumpet1549 discourser1564 deliverer1580 linguist1612 vocalist1613 sermocinator1623 sermocinatrix1623 articulator1651 worder1654 voice1667 stringer1774 tonguer1822 vocalizer1830 locutor1858 outspeaker1858 speaker-hearer1965 speaker-listener1965 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun] > the writing of > one who handler1534 treater1594 treatiser1604 tractatora1638 exercitator1649 diatribista1660 dissertator1698 tractarian1824 tractitian1831 disquisitionist1838 dissertationist1844 disquisitor1889 1534 G. Joye Subuersion Moris False Found. f. xxxvi Is not this a faitheful handler of holyscripture? 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 1009/1 Mendacem enim (vt scis) memorem esse oportet: that men, although they see the matter to be false, yet might commend the workmanship of the handler. 1624 E. Forset Def. Right of Kings 17 It hath beene by the moderne handlers of controuersie, argued with much skill and strength of wit. 1653 Z. Coke Art of Logick 195 Let the Species thereof be recounted; which after may have their peculiar handling also if the handler be so purposed. 1735 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 95/2 The rough handler of all divines, and of all churches. ?1775 Cabinet Curiosities 33 The righteous found him to be..a deceitful handler of the word of God. 1843 New Englander Jan. 112/2 The thorough handler of distinct topics of truth. 1895 Truth 30 May 1352/1 The complaisant French priest..was a clumsy handler of a bruised conscience. 1908 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 71 730 A wealth of information..and a command of sustained subtle argument, which have been..at the disposal of few previous or succeeding handlers of his subject. 1965 W. Hammond in M. E. Stevens et al. Statist. Assoc. Methods Mechanized Documentation 239/2 In any given instance, it is unlikely that the information handler will know how well-informed the user may be. 2006 M. Hammond Reading, Publishing & Formation Lit. Taste in Eng., 1880–1914 v. 167 Her position as a confident handler of her own affairs. 2. a. A person who touches, holds, or physically manipulates something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > one who engages in an activity or occupation > one who deals with handler1537 dealer1586 haberdasher1592 manager1598 conductor1634 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > one who uses userc1425 handler1537 utilizer1873 1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. D.i^v Som brought forth..pocularies for drynkers, som manuaries for handlers of reliques. 1582 R. Parsons First Bk. Christian Exercise i. viii. 109 Neither fornicatours, nor Idolatours, nor adulterers, nor vncleane handlers of theire owne bodies..shal euer possesse the kingdome of God. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iii. §4. 269 The very holding of the root or handling of it, dieth the handlers urine into a perfect red colour. 1793 Nat. Hist. Birds, Fish, Insects & Reptiles IV. 182 It [sc. the barbel] can inflict a very severe and dangerous wound on the incautious handler. 1843 Southern Planter Mar. 109/2 Mr. Minor has too much handling of tobacco in the field. The handlers should pick up with both hands until full. 1893 Trans. Med. Soc. Virginia 24 150 Disinfection of dunnage for yellow fever without detention of those unpacking and handling it..increases the risk of development of yellow fever in the handlers. 1948 Pop. Mech. Oct. 133/1 Let your vision roam..so that you take in a bigger picture around the ball or its handler. 2002 Pop. Sci. May 84/1 Since cels are made out of petroleum derivatives.., they attract dirt and oil from a handler's fingers. b. A person who wields or controls something held in the hand; a user of a tool, weapon, etc.Chiefly with modifying adjective denoting competence or otherwise. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > wielder or director of weapon guidec1381 handler1598 director1632 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > maker or fitter of handles or stocks hafter1598 handler1598 stocker1641 stouker1809 tanger1921 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > [noun] > manual worker workmaneOE handworker1480 manuary1581 hand labourer1583 manualist1592 operator1598 apron-mana1616 aproneer1659 apron-rogue1664 handler1763 blue-collar1951 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 3 (margin) The fierie weapon without practise dangerous to the handler. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 225 A cunning Archer or handler of a Gunne. 1763 S. Bourn Series Disc. Parables III. ii. iv. 263 Edge-tools, with which the unskilful handler maims or wounds himself. 1785 J. Andrews Hist. War with Amer. I. xvi. 444 They were the most expert handlers of that principal instrument in war [sc. the firelock], of any people. 1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) i. 6 Many foreigners are very excellent handlers of the cue. 1899 Forest & Stream 18 Nov. 406/1 The law-abiding sportsman must suffer for the wrongdoings of the irresponsible handlers of guns. 1919 Electr. World 8 Mar. 495/2 Competent handlers of the oxy-acetylene torch are readily hired at good wages. 2004 D. K. Palit Musings & Memories II. x. 362 Brigade Commander Gobinder Singh..was a keen handler of both gun and rod. c. A person whose job involves handling or working with a particular substance, object, etc.Usually with modifying word specifying the thing handled.For established compounds, as baggage, coal, freight-, mail-handler, etc., see the first element. ΚΠ 1869 Boston Investigator 15 Dec. 262/4 The following figures show the present average wages in the principal trades in New York:—Bricklayers, $5 per day..; 'longshore lumber handlers 40 cents an hour. 1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly May 91 Those perils which beset engineers, train-men, the handlers of explosives, and the tenders of machinery. 1928 Rotarian May 27/2 He was talking and laughing with a group of truck drivers and cement handlers when I approached. 1958 N.Y. Times 28 July 39/2 In thirty years, the survey indicates, a garbage-handler plods 101,400 miles on the job. 1982 Washington Post 30 July d9/4 The lawsuits have been filed by asbestos handlers.., seeking damages for lung damage they charge is related to asbestos. 2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 19 May 4 A food handler was peeling boiled potatoes in the pot-wash area next to a sink filled with dirty water. d. A rugby player, as opposed to an Association Football player. Frequently contrasted with dribbler. Cf. handling n.¹ Compounds 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1888 Liverpool Mercury 10 Sept. 7/4 While the ‘dribblers’ are being visited by Canadians, the ‘handlers’ are to have their skill gauged by a strong team of Maoris. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Mar. 3/1 The rough play which has prevailed this winter, both among the dribblers and the handlers. 1906 Badminton Mag. 23 547 England has fifteen clubs of amateur dribblers for every one of amateur handlers. 3. Tanning. A pit containing weak tanning liquor in which hides are agitated. Cf. handle v.¹ 2d. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > tan-vat > types of bark-vatc1440 bark-cobillc1550 handler1771 grainer1813 roundabout1842 rocker1876 suspender1882 lay-away1885 layer pit1901 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 886/1 This liquor is deposited in a number of handlers or dusters..and the hides are thrown promiscuously into it. 1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 68 115 The leather is ready for the ooze, and at first is thrown into smaller holes, which are termed handlers. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator v. 311 The pits containing the weakest solutions are called ‘handlers’. 1920 Leather Manufacturer Sept. 304/1 The tanning proceeds in about the accustomed manner in the rockers, handlers and layers, in varying combinations. 2010 M. R. Miller Betsy Ross & Making Amer. xv. 234 Benjamin Flower's Walnut Street tanyard boasted fourteen vats, two handlers and two limes, a good water pool, [etc.]. 4. a. (a) A person who holds and incites a dog or gamecock in a fight or contest; (also) a person who exhibits a dog at a show or trial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > person holding animal in contest handler1783 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > dog-keeper > dog-handler handler1897 1783 Weekly Entertainer 3 Nov. 412 Their cock-pit..is enclosed with a railing..; none but the handlers and heelers being admitted within side. 1828 Marly xvii. 320 The party..took their stances in the temporary cock-pit... The handlers made their appearance. 1897 Field 6 Feb. 168/1 Each hound has a handler. They work the dogs in front of the judges. 1937 E. B. Moffit Elias Vail trains Gun Dogs ix. 134 Gallery critics at field trials are puzzled at the difficulty that many handlers experience in getting a dog to go out far enough to a retrieve. 1959 Times 18 Sept. 7/5 Of the nine handlers who took part in the opening event—the hired shepherds' championship—only two failed to complete the course. 1973 C. Geertz Interpr. Cultures xv. 422 The spurs affixed, the two cocks are placed by their handlers (who may or may not be their owners) facing one another. 2006 Dogs Monthly July 28/2 I was at a companion show just recently and I watched a young handler who couldn't control her shar pei. (b) A person who controls (usually exotic) animals, esp. as part of a performance. ΚΠ 1879 Washington Post 5 Apr. 2 An individual who signs himself ‘Charles Roumfort, champion snake handler..of the United States’. 1900 Clin. Rev. 12 466 An old snake handler is quoted as saying, ‘Never be afraid of the snakes, never make a sudden move, and you are quite safe.’ This man would put his hand into a box of fresh cobras. 1931 Pop. Mech. Aug. 266/2 Oddly, bear cats will not permit handlers to pet them, yet they will climb up a trainer's leg as though seeking human companionship. 1977 Lancet 22 Oct. 847/2 Allergic respiratory and skin symptoms are not uncommon in animal handlers. 1991 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 17 Feb. 6/5 Handlers doused him [sc. a dolphin] constantly with water from a garden spray. 2012 R. Dmytryk Wildlife Search & Rescue ix. 137 To restrain an adult opossum, the handler, wearing heavy leather gloves, can gain control of the animal's upper body at the nape of the neck. (c) A person in charge of a trained dog or dogs, esp. a police dog. Cf. dog handler n. at dog n.¹ Compounds 3a. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > with other specific duties receiver1829 shoo-fly1877 charge-inspector1887 sparrow cop1896 handler1908 courtesy cop1938 community policeman1941 first responder1975 1908 Penny Illustr. Paper 9 Sept. An experienced handler would..have avoided putting his hound on the trail of General Luard. 1945 Pop. Sci. Oct. 125/1 Saint Bernards are quarrelsome and touchy: handlers prefer the huskies. 1962 Times 29 Dec. 6/7 Minivans..containing two highly trained police dogs with their handlers. 2001 Navy News Sept. 12/2 Trained to sniff out explosives and drugs, Castor was abseiled, with his handler, on to the deck of a target ship. b. Boxing. The trainer or second (second n.² 9b) of a boxer; a person who assists a boxer between the rounds of a fight. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer's second second1743 bottle holder1787 handler1879 corner1952 1879 E. James Lives & Battles Champions of Eng. 67 Iles..had Bob Travers and Jack Hicks for his handlers. 1916 Our Navy (U.S.) May 53/2 The writer..is an ex-boxer himself,..a handler and trainer of boxers. 1960 Times 1 Sept. 4/4 It took several seconds of rough first aid by his handlers before he was able to regain his seat. 2011 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 11 Nov. 52 The upper body of the 38-year-old challenger is notably bigger, though that..doesn't seem to bother Pacquiao or his handlers. c. Originally U.S. A person employed to advise or protect a politician, celebrity, etc.; esp. a publicity agent or bodyguard. Usually in plural.Cf. minder n. 4b, 4c, 4d. ΚΠ 1909 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 19 Mar. 6/1 It is suggested that the handlers of Mr Hopkins [sc. a former senator] give him a week in which to rest up. 1942 Billboard 5 Sept. 23/3 Miller or his handlers failed properly to impress the people involved that maestro didn't have a minute for guest appearances. 1977 Guardian 25 May 14/7 Encouraging people to think of Mrs Thatcher in Prime Ministerial terms is a sound tactic by her handlers. 1994 N.Y. Times 6 Mar. h17/3 Ms. Channing arrives at an Upper East Side bistro precisely on time and without the usual celebrity handler. 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 28 Jan. Prince Charles..greeted them with quips and handshakes and zipped away from his handlers for one more hello. d. An intelligence agent who directs the activities of a spy, informer, etc.Frequently with modifying word specifying the organization to which the handler belongs. ΚΠ 1962 Life 7 Sept. 70 a/3 Stashinskiy's handlers told him he could pursue his friendship..although social contact between agents and German girls was generally discouraged. 1970 W. T. Divale & J. Joseph I Lived inside Campus Revol. p. vii ‘Wayne,’ my FBI handler said quietly, using my undercover name, ‘are you absolutely sure you want to go through with this?’ 1993 Times 11 Dec. (Mag.) 20/3 If a handler has knowledge of crime, the information is passed to the RUC and action is taken. 2006 D. Herzog Cunning (2008) 78 He might tell the handlers with a straight face that Soviet spies believe he's one of their own. 5. With modifying adjective: a thing that handles or reacts to handling in the specified way. Cf. handle v.¹ 5.In early use chiefly of cattle, with reference to a desired elasticity of skin and firmness to the touch. Now chiefly of a motor vehicle (cf. handle v.¹ 5b). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun] > suitability to be touched handler1807 touchability1903 1807 T. J. Rawson Statist. Surv. County of Kildare vi. 98 Good handlers, but bad milkers. 1872 Times 10 Dec. 5/4 The shorthorn..is a grand handler, of very great substance. 1883 Mech. Engineer 17 Feb. 40/3 Engines with very crooked reach rods are universally hard handlers. 1902 Proc. 47th Ann. Meeting Western N.Y. Hort. Soc. 89 The Hale plum..is too soft and a bad handler. 1947 Pop. Sci. July 66/2 Our Navy's capital ships are considered ‘good handlers’, but their sheer size is problem enough. 1989 Car & Driver Sept. 36/3 The result—struts at the front and a torsion-beam axle located by trailing arms at the rear—makes the Favorit a crisp handler. 2010 D. Gingerelli et al. 365 Motorcycles you must Ride 245/2 Kawasaki two-strokes were notoriously poor handlers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). handlern.² Brit. /ˈhandlə/, /ˈhandl̩ə/, U.S. /ˈhænd(ə)lər/, /ˈhæn(ə)lər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: handle v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < handle v.² (although this is apparently first attested slightly later) + -er suffix¹. Now historical and rare. Esp. in the pottery industry: a person whose job is to who fix handles to tools, vessels, etc. ΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Manicatore..a sleeuer, a hafter, a handler. 1770 Monthly Rev. Apr. 268 Handlers,..and other kinds of finishers, for adding sprigs, horns, &c. 1809 in L. Jewitt Wedgwoods (1865) iii. 105 I gave him a pint of ale to show my handlers the old way of ‘Stouking’. 1875 Guide Royal Porcelain Wks. 13 The turner..having completed the form of the cup it is passed to the Handler. 1999 J. Pick & M. H. Anderton Building Jerusalem 105 In 1790 Wedgwood had a mere 160 specialist male employees working variously as..turners of hollow ware, handlers, biscuit-oven firemen, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1398n.²1598
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