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wrangler†
< Am.E < Mex. Sp. caverango hostler, prob. influenced by E wrangle quarrel, struggle
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a person having charge of a bunch of saddle horses, pack horses, etc.
Quotations
1912
Then I procured an extra special, cherry-red, silk scarf out of the wrangler's kit.
1963
This band of loose horses was called the "cavvy," and required two "wranglers," one to drive them with the wagon by day and one to herd them by night.
2n.
a cowboy.
See: cattle wrangler
Quotations
1962
Many of the early cowboys were American wranglers who accompanied the herds and remained on the open ranges of the Canadian territories. . . .
1966
[Caption] A wrangler attempts to catch a horse inside a rope corral at a roundup camp in the 1890's.