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Whiffler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who whiffles or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses sifts and evasions in argument.

2. A harbinger; perhaps one who blows the horn or trumpet.

3. A young man who goes before a company in London on occasions of public solemnity.

Whiffler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.

2. One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.

3. An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.

4. The golden-eye.