whipper-in
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whip·per-in
(wĭp′ər-ĭn′, hwĭp′-)n. pl. whip·pers-in (wĭp′ərz-, hwĭp′-)
1. Sports A person who assists the huntsman in handling a pack of hounds in foxhunting.
2. The whip in a legislative body.
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whipper-in
n, pl whippers-in
(Hunting) a person employed to assist the huntsman managing the hounds in a hunt
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Noun | 1. | whipper-in - huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
whipper-in
n → Pikör(in) m(f), → Vorreiter(in) m(f) (bei der Parforcejagd)
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