Meanings
nounwhipcracker (plural whipcrackers)
plural whipcrackers
- One who cracks a whip.
The second Adigar is only entitled to twenty-four spearmen and fifteen whipcrackers. The third, to twenty-four spearmen and twelve whipcrackers. No other headmen are allowed the honour of having whipcrackers.
1844, James Selkirk, Recollections of Ceylon, page 65
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whipcracker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whipcracker
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