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handicapper

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hand⋅i⋅cap⋅per

[han-dee-kap-er]
–noun
1. Horse Racing.
a. a racetrack official or employee who assigns the weight a horse must carry in a race.
b. a person employed, as by a newspaper, to make predictions on the outcomes of horse races.
2. a person who determines the handicaps that will be placed on competitors.

Origin:
1745–55; handicap + -er 1
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hand·i·cap·per   (hān'dē-kāp'ər)   
n.   Sports & Games
  1. One who assigns handicaps.

  2. One who predicts the winners in a horserace, especially one who publishes such predictions as a guide for bettors.

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