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)

1. (countable) A surname.
2. A placename:
   1. A resort town in British Columbia, Canada.
   2. Ellipsis of Whistler Mountain. A mountain in British Columbia, Canada
   3. A neighbourhood of Prichard, Mobile County, Alabama, United States, named after George Washington Whistler.

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