whistler
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/ / /ˈwɪslə(ɹ)/
name
Etymology: Continuing the Middle English Wistler, Wyzelere, an occupational surname from the Old English hwistlere (“piper”).
- A surname.
- A placename:
- A placename:
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noun
Etymology: From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle + -er.
- Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
- Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
- Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
“The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]”
- A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
- A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
- A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
- An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.
- A broken-winded horse.
- The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen.