different between prizefighter vs handler

English

Etymology

See prizefight for origin; surface analysis is prize +? fighter or prizefight +? -er (“person, agent”).

Noun

prizefighter (plural prizefighters)

1. A professional boxer.

Related terms

• prizefight
• prizefighting
• prizing (obsolete)

English

Etymology

From Middle English handler, handiller, equivalent to handle +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hæn.dl?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?hæn.dl?/
• Hyphenation: hand?ler

Noun

handler (plural handlers)

1. (literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.

   The handler of a weapon gets a symbolic sensation of deadly power.

2. (in combination) A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).

   The spy's handler told him to approach the subject by posing as a dog handler.
3. (derogatory) An advisor or manager to a person occupying a position or office to which the speaker believes the holder does not possess the typical qualifications and/or experience.
4. (programming) A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.
   • 2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming (volume 5, page 62)

     If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression.

Hyponyms

• event handler
• exception handler

Derived terms

• event-handler
• art handler

Related terms

• handlebar
• handleable
• handling

Translations

See also

• manipulator

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Danish

Noun

handler c (singular definite handleren, plural indefinite handlere)

1. A (financial) trader

Inflection

Noun

handler c

1. indefinite plural of handel

Verb

handler

1. present of handle

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

handler m

1. indefinite plural of handel

Verb

handler

1. present tense of handle