Whig en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /wɪɡ/
- wĭg
- /ʍɪɡ/
- hwĭg
Etymology
From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore (“horse driver”), from whig (“to drive”) + mare.
Meanings
-
(UK, 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.
One was a piece, Two Cheers for the Whig Interpretation of History, by William Cronon, president of the American Historical Association.
2012 October 3, Rebekah Higgitt, “Why whiggish won't do”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- (UK, rare) A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats.
- (US, historical) An advocate of war against, or independence from, Britain during the American Revolution.
- (US, historical) A member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whigs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Tory · Tory · Democrat · Jacksonian Democrat
Deriveds
whiggish · Whiglike · Whiggishness · Whig history · Whiggish · unwhig · Whigling · Whiglet · Whiggery · whiggism
Relateds
Grit · Lib Dem · Tory · Labour · Federalist
Translations (5)
da whig (a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party) · mr विग (a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party) · uk віг (a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party) · fi whig (a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party) · de Whig (a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party)