Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

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

Source : WordNet®

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

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

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