subs. phr. (old).—See ALE. Hence WHITSUN-LORD = the master of ceremonies at a Whitsun merrymaking.
1633. JONSON, A Tale of a Tub, Prologue.
| A cooper’s wit, or some such busy spark, | |
| Illumining the high constable, and his clerk, | |
| And all the neighbourhood, from old records, | |
| Of antique proverbs, drawn from WHITSON-LORDS. |
