mangler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mangler
    n 1: a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or
         cripples [syn: {mutilator}, {maimer}, {mangler}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mangler \Man"gler\, n. [See 1st {Mangle}.]
   One who mangles or tears in cutting; one who mutilates any
   work in doing it.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mangler \Man"gler\, n. [See 3d {Mangle}.]
   One who smooths with a mangle.
   [1913 Webster]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

mangler
 n.

   [DEC] A manager. Compare {management}. Note that {system mangler} is
   somewhat different in connotation.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

mangler

   [DEC] A manager.  Compare {mango}; see also {management}.
   Note that {system mangler} is somewhat different in
   connotation.

   [{Jargon File}]

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