| Whig (whig) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Whig |
| [See Whey.] |
Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used
as a cooling beverage.
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| Whig (whig) |
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| n. | |
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| Whig |
| 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 |
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and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English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.
A
friend and supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to Tory,
and Royalist.
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Of or pertaining to the
Whigs.
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