WHIPPER

switcher, whipper

(noun) a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

whipper (plural whippers)

A person or thing that whips.

Source: Wiktionary

Whip"per, n.

1. One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.

2. One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold. [Eng.]

3. (Spinning)

Definition: A kind of simple willow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition