whipper noun. ['wɪpǝ] E16.
[from WHIP verb + -ER¹.]
1. A person who or thing which excels others. obsolete exc. dial. E16.

2. A person, esp. an official, who inflicts a whipping as a punishment. M16.
b. = FLAGELLANT noun 1. rare. M17.

3. whipper-in:
a. A huntsman's assistant who brings straying hounds into the pack. M18.
b. = WHIP noun 6b. obsolete exc. Hist. L18.

4. Hist. A person or apparatus raising coal from a ship's hold by means of a pulley; = coal-whipper s.v. COAL noun. M19.

5. A person who stitches the edge of a blanket. Chiefly dial. L19.

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