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WHIG
Whig
(noun) a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War
Whig
(noun) a supporter of the American Revolution
Whig
(noun) a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
whig (plural whigs)
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
buttermilk
Etymology 2
Compare frig, jig
Verb
whig (third-person singular simple present whigs, present participle whigging, simple past and past participle whigged)
(transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly.
(intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly.
(transitive) Weird out or disturb someone.
Etymology
Noun
Whig (plural Whigs)
(UK politics) a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party.
(US politics) an advocate of war against Britain during the American Revolution.
(US politics) a member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.
Source: Wiktionary
Whig, n. Etym: [See Whey.]
Definition: Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Whig, n. Etym: [Said to be from whiggam, a term used in Scotland in driving horses, whiggamore one who drives horses (a term applied to some western Scotchmen), contracted to whig. In 1648, a party of these people marched to Edinburgh to oppose the king and the duke of Hamilton (the Whiggamore raid), and hence the name of Whig was given to the party opposed to the court. Cf. Scot. whig to go quickly.]
1. (Eng. Politics)
Definition: One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics. See the note under Tory.
2. (Amer. Hist.) (a) A friend and supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to Tory, and Royalist. (b) One of the political party in the United States from about 1829 to 1856, opposed in politics to the Democratic party.
Whig, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Whigs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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