Whig
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore (“horse driver”), from whig (“to drive”) + mare.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʍɪɡ/, /wɪɡ/; enPR: hwĭg, wĭg
- Rhymes: -ɪɡ
- Homophones: whig, wig (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun[edit]
Whig (plural Whigs)
- (UK politics, historical) A member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party.
- Antonym: Tory
- (UK politics, rare) A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats.
- (US politics, historical) An advocate of war against, or independence from, Britain during the American Revolution.
- Antonym: Tory
- (US politics, historical) A member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.
- Antonyms: Democrat, Jacksonian Democrat
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party
See also[edit]
- (UK): Tory
- (US): Federalist
- (UK): LibDem, Labour
- Grit
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