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Definition of Wranger
Wrangler, name given in Cambridge University to those who have
attained the first rank in mathematics, pure and applied, the one who
heads the list being known as the Senior Wrangler.
- Wikipedia
Wran"gler (?), n. 1. An
angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness. "Noisy
and contentious wranglers." I. Watts.
2. One of those who stand in the first rank of
honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according
to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third
wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime.
Wran"gler (?), n. 1. An
angry disputant; one who disputes with heat or peevishness. "Noisy
and contentious wranglers." I. Watts.
2. One of those who stand in the first rank of
honors in the University of Cambridge, England. They are called, according
to their rank, senior wrangler, second wrangler, third
wrangler, etc. Cf. Optime.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Someone who wrangles or quarrels
- A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses
- An animal handler or trainer
- (at the University of Cambridge) a student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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