Definition of Whig

1. Noun. A member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories.


2. Noun. A supporter of the American Revolution.

3. Noun. A member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War.

Definition of Whig

1. n. Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.

2. n. 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 The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics.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.

3. a. Of or pertaining to the Whigs.

4. n. Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.

5. n. 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 The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics.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.

6. a. Of or pertaining to the Whigs.

Definition of Whig

1. Proper noun. (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 ¹

2. Proper noun. (US politics) an advocate of war against Britain during the American Revolution ¹

3. Proper noun. (US politics) a member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party ¹

4. Noun. Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. ¹

5. Noun. buttermilk ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Whig

1. one who interprets history as a continuing victory of progress over reactionary forces [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Whig

Wheatstone
Wheatstone bridge
Whedonverse
Wheel of Fortune
Wheeler
Wheeler-Johnson test
Wheeler Peak
Wheeler method
Wheelhouse's operation
Wheeling
Wheelwright
Whelan
Whetstone
Whewell
Whewellian
Whig
Whig Party
Whiggamore
Whiggamores
Whiggish
Whigling
Whiglings
Whigs
Whipple's disease
Whipple's operation
Whipple's penstemon
Whipple procedure
Whirlaway
Whirling Dervishes
Whit

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