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单词 whipmaster
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whipmastern.

Etymology: < whip n. 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwhipˌmaster.
A master who uses the whip; a flogger.
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1878 tr. Erasmus Colloq. I. 103 Wo to our Back-Sides, he's a greater Whip-Master [L. flagellator] than Busby himself.
1893 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 96 These whipmasters of ours.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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