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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 The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics.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 The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics.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. one who interprets history as a continuing victory of progress over reactionary forces [n -S]
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