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handicapper
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hand·i·cap·per  (hnd-kpr)
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.
handicapper [ˈhændɪˌkæpə]
n
1. (Individual Sports, other than specified) an official appointed to assign handicaps to competitors in such sports as golf and horse racing
2. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) a newspaper columnist employed to estimate the chances that horses have of winning races
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Noun1.handicapper - someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)
odds-maker
gambler - a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events


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