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Whistler

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Whistler (countable and uncountable, plural Whistlers)

  1. (countable) A surname.
  2. A placename:
    1. A resort town in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
    2. Ellipsis of Whistler Mountain. A mountain in British Columbia, Canada
    3. A neighbourhood of Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama, United States, named after George Washington Whistler.

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References

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  • 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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