Whiffler

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The golden-eye.

II. Whiffler ·noun One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.

III. Whiffler ·noun One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler.

IV. Whiffler ·noun 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.