Whig
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore (“horse driver”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- enPR: hwĭg, IPA: /ʍɪɡ/, X-SAMPA: /WIg/
- Rhymes: -ɪɡ
- Homophones: whig, wig (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Proper noun [edit]
Whig (plural Whigs)
- (UK, politics) a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party
- (US, politics) an advocate of war against Britain during the American Revolution
- (US, politics) a member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party
