See Also: whipper(dictionary)

whipper (iou)



whipper noun. E16.
[from WHIP verb + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which excels others. obsolete exc. dial. E16.
A person, esp. an official, who inflicts a whipping as a punishment. M16.
b. = FLAGELLANT noun 1. rare. M17.
whipper-in:
a. A huntsman's assistant who brings straying hounds into the pack. M18.
b. = WHIP noun 6b. obsolete exc. Hist. L18.
Hist. A person or apparatus raising coal from a ship's hold by means of a pulley; = coal-whipper s.v. COAL noun. M19.
A person who stitches the edge of a blanket. Chiefly dial. L19.