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{
"etymology_text": "First recorded in 1647.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whipping boys",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"text": "As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat.",
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}
],
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"A boy that was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince."
],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) A boy that was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince."
],
"tags": [
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]
},
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"text": "Coordinate term: whipping girl"
}
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"Someone punished for the errors of others."
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"(transferred sense) Someone punished for the errors of others."
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "scapegoat"
},
{
"word": "scapegoat"
}
],
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"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mtrakoġ tġa",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "մտրակող տղա"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tìzuìyáng",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "替罪羊"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "piske dreng"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zondebok"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "vipanta knabon"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "syntipukki"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lampiste"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pigeon"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "souffre-douleur"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Prügelknabe"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "náar malkót",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "נער מלקות"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "pofozógép"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "bűnbak"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "capro espiatorio"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plāgipatida"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chłopiec do bicia"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bode expiatório"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "țap ispășitor"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "málʹčik dlja bitʹjá",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ма́льчик для битья́"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kozjól otpuščénija",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "козёл отпуще́ния"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krajnij",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крайний"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stréločnik",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стре́лочник"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chivo expiatorio"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "strykpojke"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "strykgosse"
}
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Whipping boy"
],
"word": "whipping boy"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns"
],
"etymology_text": "First recorded in 1647.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whipping boys",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "whipping boy (plural whipping boys)",
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A boy that was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince."
],
"links": [
[
"whip",
"whip"
],
[
"prince",
"prince"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) A boy that was whipped in the stead of a misbehaving prince."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with transferred senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: whipping girl"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Someone punished for the errors of others."
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense) Someone punished for the errors of others."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "scapegoat"
},
{
"word": "scapegoat"
}
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mtrakoġ tġa",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "մտրակող տղա"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tìzuìyáng",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "替罪羊"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "piske dreng"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zondebok"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "vipanta knabon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "syntipukki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lampiste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pigeon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "souffre-douleur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Prügelknabe"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "náar malkót",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "נער מלקות"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "pofozógép"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"word": "bűnbak"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "capro espiatorio"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plāgipatida"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chłopiec do bicia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bode expiatório"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "țap ispășitor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "málʹčik dlja bitʹjá",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ма́льчик для битья́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kozjól otpuščénija",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "козёл отпуще́ния"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krajnij",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крайний"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stréločnik",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "стре́лочник"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chivo expiatorio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "strykpojke"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone punished for the errors of others",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "strykgosse"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Whipping boy"
],
"word": "whipping boy"
}
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