Whigling

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Whig +‎ -ling

Noun[edit]

Whigling (plural Whiglings)

  1. (derogatory) A petty or inferior Whig.
    • 1870 February 19, The Spectator:
      It certainly not wise or liberal [] to abuse the Whigs and Whiglings as coarsely as Mr. Odger did

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Whigling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)