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Whig

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Whig  (hwg, wg)
n.
1. A member of an 18th- and 19th-century British political party that was opposed to the Tories.
2. A supporter of the war against England during the American Revolution.
3. A 19th-century American political party formed to oppose the Democratic Party and favoring high tariffs and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.

[Probably short for Whiggamore, a member of a body of 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian rebels.]

Whigger·y n.
Whiggish adj.
Whiggism n.

Whig
Noun
a member of a British political party of the 18th–19th centuries that sought limited political and social reform and provided the core of the Liberal Party
Adjective
of or relating to Whigs [probably from whiggamore, one of a group of 17th-century Scottish rebels]
Whiggism n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Whig - a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
Englishman - a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
liberal, liberalist, progressive - a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
2.Whig - a supporter of the American Revolution
admirer, booster, protagonist, supporter, champion, friend - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
3.Whig - a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War
pol, political leader, politico, politician - a person active in party politics


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He threw himself into the struggle of party, first as a Whig, then as a Tory; but as a friend said of him later, "He was neither Whig nor Tory, neither Jacobite nor Republican.
[13] Whig or Whigamore was the cant name for those who were loyal to King George.
Then we loafed along past the Nickersons, and of course they asked if that was the new stranger yonder, and where'd he come from, and what was his name, and which communion was he, Babtis' or Methodis', and which politics, Whig or Democrat, and how long is he staying, and all them other questions that humans always asks when a stranger comes, and animals does, too.
 
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