Whipping Boy Definition
noun
A scapegoat.
American Heritage
A boy brought up together with a young prince and required to take the punishment for the latter's misdeeds.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Whipping Boy
Noun
Singular:
whipping boyPlural:
whipping-boysOrigin of Whipping Boy
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Middle English wippen "flap violently", from Proto-Germanic wipp-, from Proto-Indo-European wib- "move quickly". Whipping boy first recorded 1647.
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