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whipping boy meaning in Urdu

قربانی کا بکرا

whipping boy in Urdu: قربانی کا بکرا. In English, whipping boy means a boy who was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince in early modern Europe.

Urdu words for whipping boy

قربانی کا بکرا

English meaning of whipping boy

  1. noun A boy who was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince in early modern Europe.
  2. noun Someone punished for the errors of others.

Full definition of whipping boy

whipping boy in a sentence

  • As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat.

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Questions about whipping boy in Urdu

What is the meaning of whipping boy in Urdu?
Whipping boy in Urdu is قربانی کا بکرا.
whipping boy کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Whipping boy: قربانی کا بکرا.
What does whipping boy mean in English?
Whipping boy means a boy who was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince in early modern Europe.

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Urdu words from Urdu Wiktionary: whipping boy (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: whipping boy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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