the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A nimble little fellow; a whippersnapper.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Same as whipper-snapper.
n. A sharper.
Word Usage
"Because certain mighty men of old could make heroical statues and plays, must we not be told that there is no other beauty but classical beauty? — must not every little whipster of a French poet chalk you out plays,"