whiffler

== English == === Etymology === From whiffle +‎ -er. === Noun === whiffler (plural whifflers) (obsolete) One who whiffles, or frequently changes their course or opinion. (obsolete) One who argues evasively; a trifler. (obsolete) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper. (obsolete) An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger. (US, dialectal) The goldeneye (duck).