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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whig  \Whig\,  n.  [See  {Whey}.] 
  Acidulated  whey,  sometimes  mixed  with  buttermilk  and  sweet 
  herbs,  used  as  a  cooling  beverage.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whig  \Whig\,  n.  [Said  to  be  from  whiggam,  a  term  used  in 
  Scotland  in  driving  horses,  whiggamore  one  who  drives  horses 
  (a  term  applied  to  some  western  Scotchmen),  contracted  to 
  whig.  In  1648,  a  party  of  these  people  marched  to  Edinburgh 
  to  oppose  the  king  and  the  duke  of  Hamilton  (the  Whiggamore 
  raid),  and  hence  the  name  of  Whig  was  given  to  the  party 
  opposed  to  the  court.  Cf  Scot.  whig  to  go  quickly.] 
  1.  (Eng.  Politics)  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  Liberal  and  Radical  have  now  generally  superseded  Whig  in 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}. 
 
  2.  (Amer.  Hist.) 
  a  A  friend  and  supporter  of  the  American  Revolution;  -- 
  opposed  to  {Tory},  and  {Royalist}. 
  b  One  of  the  political  party  in  the  United  States  from 
  about  1829  to  1856,  opposed  in  politics  to  the 
  Democratic  party. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whig  \Whig\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  Whigs. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Whig 
  n  1:  urged  social  reform  in  19th  century  England  [syn:  {Whig}] 
  2:  a  supporter  of  the  American  Revolution  [syn:  {Whig}] 
  3:  a  member  of  the  Whig  Party  in  the  US  in  pre-Civil-War  times 
  [syn:  {Whig}] 




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