Whistler

See also: whistler

English

Alternative forms

(surname): Wissler (current); Whiseller, Whisler (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Whistler (countable and uncountable, plural Whistlers)

(countable) A surname.
A placename
1. A resort town in British Columbia, Canada.
2. Ellipsis of Whistler Mountain. A mountain in British Columbia, Canada

Derived terms

Mount Whistler
Whistler-Blackcomb
Whistler-Blackcomb-Creekside
Whistler-Creekside
Whistler Mountain
Whistler Resort Community
Whistler Village

Translations

town in Canada

Chinese:
Mandarin: 惠斯勒 (zh) (Huìsīlè)
French: Whistler (fr) f
Squamish: Skwiḵw

References

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

Anagrams

whirtles

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