handlernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈhænd.lər/us/ˈhænd.lɚ/handler noun [ C ] (TRAINER)
a person who trains and is in charge of animals, especially dogs:
police dog handlers
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Teachers
- academician
- associate professor
- board of education
- dean
- docent
- headteacher
- housemaster
- housemistress
- instructor
- lecturer
- mentor
- professor
- professorial
- professorship
- rector
- residence
- scribe
- substitute
- trainer
- tutor
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handler noun [ C ] (ADVISER)
US someone who advises someone important:
The president's handlers are telling him to pull out of the talks.
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Giving advice
- advice
- advise
- advisory
- backseat driver
- caution
- consulting
- counsellor
- GDA
- hint
- lifestyle manager
- mentor
- Monday
- Monday-morning quarterback idiom
- pick
- pick sb's brains idiom
- preach
- professional advice
- talk some sense into sb idiom
- tip
- waste your breath idiom
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handler noun [ C ] (CARRY)
someone who carries or moves things as part of their job:
airport baggage handlers
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Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- put sb down somewhere
- road haulage
- route
- shuffle
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
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