HANDICAPPER

handicapper, odds-maker

(noun) someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

handicapper (plural handicappers)

One who determines the conditions of a handicap.

(North America) A disabled person.

A horse entered in a handicap race.

Source: Wiktionary


Hand"i*cap`per, n.

Definition: One who determines the conditions of a handicap.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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