whipper-in

American  

[hwip-er-in, wip-] / ˈʰwɪp ərˈɪn, ˈwɪp- /

noun

• whippers-in
  plural

1. Fox Hunting. a professional or honorary member of a hunt staff who assists the huntsman with the hounds.

2. British. whip.

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whipper-in British  

noun

1. a person employed to assist the huntsman managing the hounds in a hunt

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• whippers-in
  plural

Etymology

Origin of whipper-in

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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Huntsman John Finnegan and whipper-in Rhys Matcham from the Quorn Hunt were on trial for breaching the 2004 Hunting Act in Leicestershire last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2021

“Half a minute!” sings out the whipper-in, as we spring to our feet.

From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Talbot Baines Reed

The duties of the whipper-in are to a great extent explained by his title.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

“If I hadn’t acted as whipper-in you’d never have seen this lazy dog until you were half-way home again.”

From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford

A more abominable sight does not exist than the hard-riding whipper-in, he is, for the most part, a useless, conceited lad, who will never do any good in this world or the next.

From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Beatrice Violet Graham Greville

"A huntsman" is a hunt servant who "hunts hounds"; "whippers-in" are servants who keep hounds in place; "the M. F. H."

From Time Magazine Archive

A party is that which is kept together by one or more whippers-in.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841 by Various

Often they would take out pointers who would set almost immediately; then the whippers-in, advancing step by step, would cautiously spread a huge net over their motionless bodies.

From Three short works The Dance of Death, the Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller, a Simple Soul. by Gustave Flaubert

Two squadrons of Lancers rode in front, whilst the rest of the troopers were supposed to protect the flanks and act as "whippers-in" to the column.

From Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh

Now, when John arrived on the ground, he found himself forestalled by three other whippers-in, in charge of two of the royal packs of hounds which had been brought there in carts.

From Modeste Mignon by Honoré de Balzac