Whig

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: hwĭg, IPA: /ʍɪg/, SAMPA: /WIg/

Rhymes: -ɪɡ

• Homophones: whig, wig (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

[edit] Proper noun

Wikipedia

Whig (plural Whigs)

1. a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party
2. an advocate of war against Britain during the American Revolution
3. a member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party