- Whitecapper
- Whitecap White"cap`, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European redstart; -- so called from its white
forehead.
(b) The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head.
(c) The European tree sparrow.
[1913 Webster]
2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening. [1913 Webster]
3. A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee attempting by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce persons obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods or masks. [U. S.] -- {White"cap`}, v. -- {White"cap`per}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
