Whig - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |wɪɡ|
Brit.  |wɪɡ|

noun

- a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories (syn: whig)
- a supporter of the American Revolution (syn: whig)
- a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War (syn: whig)

Extra examples

Their names were tabooed by Whig and Tory coteries.

The Republican party was formed out of the wrecks of the Whig party.

Word forms

noun
singular: Whig
plural: Whigs
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