wrangler

wrangler

noun

Definition of WRANGLER

1

a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range <a rough-hewn wrangler who never says much>

Synonyms buckaroo (also buckeroo), cowhand, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, waddy (or waddie) [West], wrangler

Related Words cowgirl; caballero [chiefly Southwest], gaucho, vaquero; horseman, horsewoman; cattleman, rancher, stockman; cowherd, drover, herder, herdsman

2

a person who takes part in a dispute <known as a petty, unrelenting wrangler who likes argument for the sake of argument>

Synonyms arguer, argufier, bickerer, brawler, debater, disputer, fighter, quarreler (or quarreller), scrapper, squabbler, wrangler

Related Words advocate, codefendant, defendant, plaintiff, pleader; challenger, contender, contestant, skirmisher; fusser, nitpicker, pettifogger, quibbler