whiffler

• ⇰ The golden-eye.
• ⇰ One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.
• ⇰ One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
• ⇰ An officer who went before procession to clear the way by blowing a horn, or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.