Associations to the word «Handler»

Wiktionary

HANDLER, noun. (literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
HANDLER, noun. (in combination) A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).
HANDLER, noun. (computing) A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.

Dictionary definition

HANDLER, noun. One who trains or exhibits animals.
HANDLER, noun. An agent who handles something or someone; "the senator's campaign handlers".
HANDLER, noun. (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats