Whistler Meaning
/ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
nounAny of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
Sentence Examples
Tom is a very good whistler.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A person who enjoys making musical sounds by blowing air through their lips is called a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
James Abbott McNeill ____ was a famous American artist who is best known for his beautiful and very atmospheric landscapes today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]"
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A person who enjoys making musical sounds by blowing air through their lips is called a ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
James Abbott McNeill ____ was a famous American artist who is best known for his beautiful and very atmospheric landscapes today.