Handler

/ˈhænd.lə/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
2. A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).
3. An advisor or manager providing guidance to a person occupying public office or a prominent position.
4. (programming) A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.

Example Sentences

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

Although the airline told them it took such action because they might spread the disease in their capacity as food handlers, neither was offered a transfer to other departments.

The spy's handler told him to approach the subject by posing as a dog handler.

They are also very sympathetic, especially Caesar’s orangutan advisor, Maurice (Karin Konoval), who takes a shine to a human moppet (Amiah Miller) he finds hiding in the back of a shack, and the poignant Bad Ape (a scene-stealing Steve Zahn), a mangy chimp who was beaten so often in his zoo-animal days that he came to believe what his handlers were shouting was supposed to be his name.

The governor received guidance on how to best disseminate key information to the public from her handler.

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

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