[f. WHINE v. + -ER1.] A person or animal who whines.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, I. xix. (1632), 39. An armie of Physitians and whiners [F. pleureurs].
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 504. The Epithets of myce … whiner, biter.
1684. J. S., Profit & Pleas. United, 156. In the Composing your Kenell, some whiners and treble crys will not do amiss, to make the opening of the Pack the more Musicall.
a. 1734. North, Life Ld. Kpr. North (1742), 216. From a Whiner for Favour to Criminals, he proved the veriest Butcher of a Judge.
1832. Ht. Martineau, Homes Abroad, iii. 47. Don’t have anything to say to the whiners at the gate.
1886. Corbett, Fall of Asgard, II. 244. A cheery man fares better than a whiner.
