HANDLER

coach, manager, handler

(noun) (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team

handler

(noun) an agent who handles something or someone; “the senator’s campaign handlers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

handler (plural handlers)

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

(in combination) A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).

(derogatory) An advisor or manager to a person occupying a position or office to which the speaker believes the holder does not possess the typical qualifications and/or experience.

(programming) A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.

Hyponyms

• event handler

• exception handler

Proper noun

Handler (plural Handlers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Handler is the 12510th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2478 individuals. Handler is most common among White (95.32%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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