Whistler

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English

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Etymology

Continuing the Middle English Wistler, Wyzelere, an occupational surname from the Old English hwistlere (“piper”).

Proper noun

Whistler (countable and uncountable, plural Whistlers)

  1. (countable) A surname.
  2. A placename
    1. A resort town in British Columbia, Canada.
    2. Ellipsis of Whistler Mountain. A mountain in British Columbia, Canada

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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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