whip + cracker
whipcracker (plural whipcrackers)
- One who cracks a whip.
1844, James Selkirk, Recollections of Ceylon, page 65:The second Adigar is only entitled to twenty-four spearmen and fifteen whipcrackers. The third, to twenty-four spearmen and twelve whipcrackers. No other headmen are allowed the honour of having whipcrackers.
