whiffler

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who whiffles, or frequently changes their course or opinion. obsolete
  2. One who argues evasively; a trifler. obsolete
    — 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.
  3. One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper. obsolete
  4. 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. obsolete
    — [...] 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: [...]
  5. The goldeneye (duck). US,dialectal

词形变化

whifflers plural

词源

From whiffle + -er.
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