Associations to the word «Whiffler»

Wiktionary

WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his or her opinion or course.
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler.
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
WHIFFLER, noun. (obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
WHIFFLER, noun. (US) (dialect) The goldeneye.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats