whipper-in

Noun

whipper-in (plural whipper-ins or whippers-in)

1. A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the chase.
   • “[A]n' it was surprisin' to hear him rattle away The Fox Hunt; you'd raaly think you hard the hounds givin' tongue, an' the tarriers yelpin' always behind, an' the huntsman an' the whippers-in cheerin' or correctin' the dogs; it was, in short, the very nixt thing to seein' the hunt itself.”1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 524
   • “[…] I shall take to hunting a pack of hounds myself after this.”
     “Do, my dear, and I'll be your whipper-in. I wonder whether Mrs. Proudie would join us.”1860 January – 1861 April, Anthony Trollope, chapter IV, in Framley Parsonage. […] (Collection of British Authors; 551), copyright edition, volume I, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, published April...

   Synonyms:

   piqueur

2. One who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.

   Synonyms:

   whip