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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10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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