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单词 whipman
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whipmann.

/ˈhwɪpmən/
Forms: Plural whipmen.
Etymology: < whip n. 1.
Now rare.
A man who wields a whip; a driver of horses; dialect a carter.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of horses
whipstock1615
whipster1651
whip1775
whipman1797
1797 Sporting Mag. 10 288 No sooner were the whipmen passed than the void part was filled.
a1825 J. Duff Old Horse in Poems 84 (Jam.) Routhless whip~men, scant o' grace.
?1834 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 2. 45 The whip-men (carters) bought it.

Derivatives

ˈwhipmanship n. the character or skill of a ‘whipman’, the art of driving.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > art of driving horse-drawn vehicle
coachmanship1776
drivership1792
whip1792
whipmanship1797
whip-craft1865
1797 Sporting Mag. 9 50 The school of whipmanship, for the young nobility and gentry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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