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whistler

/ˈwɪslə/WIH-slur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈwɪslɚ/WIH-slur

Meaningone who whistles

Common meaning: a person who whistles

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Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishhwistlansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwhistlensource
  3. Englishwhistle‘to make a shrill sound’
  4. Englishformed in English from whistlewhistler‘a person who whistles’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from whistle + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WHISTLE, p.707 · scan

Source words

  • hwistlan Old English · source word “hissing, whistling”

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