handler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
handler
    n 1: one who trains or exhibits animals [syn: {animal trainer},
         {handler}]
    2: an agent who handles something or someone; "the senator's
       campaign handlers"
    3: (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
       [syn: {coach}, {manager}, {handler}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
handler \handler\ n.
   1. one who trains or exhibits animals.

   Syn: animal trainer.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. someone in charge of training an athlete (especially a
      boxer) or a team.

   Note: The term is used sometimes sarcastically of political
         consultants: "the president's handlers".

   Syn: coach, manager.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "handler":
      agent, athletic coach, coach, conductor, driller, drillmaster,
      driver, engineer, functionary, groomer, manipulator, operant,
      operative, operator, pilot, runner, steersman, trainer
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