Whiffler
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whiffler is a noun meaning (US, dialectal) The goldeneye (duck).
Meaning
(US, dialectal) The goldeneye (duck).
More Meanings
- (obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes their course or opinion.
- (obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler.
- (obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
- (obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
Example Sentences
[...] Men, Wiues and Boyes, / Whoſe ſhouts & claps out-voyce the deep-mouth'd Sea, / Which like a mightie Whiffler 'fore the King, / Seems to prepare his way: [...]
Every Whiffler in a Laced Coat, who frequents the Chocolate-Houſe, and is able to ſpell the Title of a Pamphlet, ſhall Talk of the Conſtitution with as much Plauſibility as this very Solemn Writer, and with as good a Grace blame the Clergy for medling with Politicks which they do not underſtand.
Word Forms
- whifflers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whifflery, sniffler, whinger, flouncer, footler, piffler.
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