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English
Etymology
Continuing the Middle English Wistler, Wyzelere, an occupational surname from the Old English hwistlere (“piper”).
Proper noun
Whistler (countable and uncountable, plural Whistlers)
- (countable) A surname.
- A placename:
- A resort town in British Columbia, Canada.
- Ellipsis of Whistler Mountain. A mountain in British Columbia, Canada
- A neighbourhood of Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama, United States, named after George Washington Whistler.
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References
- P.H. Reaney (author) and R.M. Wilson (editor), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed., 1991; e-book ed., 2006), →ISBN (Master e-book), page 3,374
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