whipper-in
noun
a professional or honorary member of a hunt staff who assists the huntsman with the hounds.
whippers-in
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pluralof whipper-in.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"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
Sir John Finett and Sir George Goring fulfilled the office of whippers-in, attempting to establish order out of these undisciplined elements.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
The whippers-in no longer set on the hounds, but changed to the cry of ulyulyu, and above the others rose Daniel's voice, now a deep bass, now piercingly shrill.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
Incorruptible by sacristans, by whippers-in, by ballet-dancers; this made a part of his bourgeois popularity.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
This necessitates hard riding and great activity on the part of the whippers-in.
From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Bill Nye
