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wrangler † < Am.E < Mex. Sp. caverango hostler, prob. influenced by E wrangle quarrel, struggle West

• 1 n. a person having charge of a bunch of saddle horses, pack horses, etc.

  See also: horse wrangler  wrangle   

  • 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.

• 2 n. a cowboy.

  See also: cattle wrangler  

  • 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.