whistler

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun United States painter (1834-1903)
  2. noun someone who makes a loud high sound
  3. noun large North American mountain marmot

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

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