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WHIPPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whipper mean?
• WHIPPER (noun)
The noun WHIPPER has 1 sense:
1. a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip
Familiarity information: WHIPPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
switcher; whipper
Hypernyms ("whipper" is a kind of...):
oppressor (a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures)
Derivation:
whip (beat severely with a whip or rod)
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