whinger

From whinge + -er.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

whinger (plural whingers)

1. One who whinges.
   • 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 April 2021:

     The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers should send warships to enforce them, even if just "on exercise", is a mystery.

• See also Thesaurus:complainer

Perhaps from Old English winn (“contention, war”) + geard, gyrd (“a staff, rod, yard”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʍɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɪŋɡə(ɹ)/

whinger (plural whingers)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) A whinyard.
   • 1820, Ivanhoe‎^[2], Walter Scott, Note to Chapter 22:

     “Fye on you, why do you not strike your whingers into me, or blow me up with a barrel of powder, rather than torture me thus unmercifully?”