English Explanatory Dictionary

whistler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
  2. Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
  3. Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
  4. A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
  5. A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
  6. A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
  7. An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.
  8. A broken-winded horse.
  9. The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A placename:
  3. A resort town in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. A mountain in British Columbia, Canada; in full, Whistler Mountain.
  5. A neighbourhood of Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama, United States, named after George Washington Whistler.

Pronunciation

/ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/ /ˈwɪslə(ɹ)/ En-au-whistler.ogg

Word forms

whistler whistlers Wissler Whiseller Whisler

Etymology

From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle + -er.

Synonyms

hoary marmot

Derived words

Baliem whistler bare-throated whistler Biak whistler Bismarck whistler black-chinned whistler black-headed whistler Bornean whistler Bougainville hooded whistler brown-backed whistler brown whistler drab whistler fawn-breasted whistler Fiji whistler Gilbert's whistler golden-backed whistler golden whistler green-backed whistler grey whistler Guadalcanal hooded whistler hooded whistler island whistler Lorentz's whistler Louisiade whistler mangrove golden whistler mangrove whistler maroon-backed whistler New Caledonian whistler olive whistler oriole whistler red-lored whistler regent whistler Rennell whistler rufous whistler rusty-breasted whistler rusty whistler Samoan whistler Sangihe whistler Sclater's whistler sulphur-bellied whistler Temotu whistler Tongan whistler Vanuatu whistler Vogelkop whistler Wallacean whistler western whistler white-breasted whistler white-vented whistler yellow-bellied whistler yellow-throated whistler Mount Whistler Whistler-Blackcomb Whistler-Blackcomb-Creekside Whistler-Creekside Whistler Mountain Whistler Resort Community Whistler Village

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 惠斯勒 French: Whistler Squamish: Skwiḵw
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