handicapper
noun
hand·i·cap·per
ˈhan-di-ˌka-pər 
-dē-
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So some handicappers like to forecast the Kentucky Derby by analyzing how horses perform down the stretch of their last prep race before Churchill Downs.
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Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Democrats are early favorites to win governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia this year, according to a leading elections handicapper.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
More seriously, Baffert noted that he’d been pleasantly surprised by the increasing maturity Rodriguez had exhibited in training recently, which, in Baffert-parlance, is the trademark laconic New-Mexico-cowboy sort of praise that handicappers would do well to take seriously on Saturday.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Instead of working with the best of the best, Haney now instructs amateur players of all ages and abilities, ranging from low handicappers to the dreamer who just wants to break 90.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Democrats are early favorites to win governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia this year, according to a leading elections handicapper.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
More seriously, Baffert noted that he’d been pleasantly surprised by the increasing maturity Rodriguez had exhibited in training recently, which, in Baffert-parlance, is the trademark laconic New-Mexico-cowboy sort of praise that handicappers would do well to take seriously on Saturday.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Instead of working with the best of the best, Haney now instructs amateur players of all ages and abilities, ranging from low handicappers to the dreamer who just wants to break 90.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Handicapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handicapper. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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