whig

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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noun a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
noun a supporter of the American Revolution
noun a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War

Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey.

The Whigs won the election. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
The red whig and whiskers misled him. — Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes, Horatio, Jr. Alger
Whigs, the, two groups in 1780, 80–2. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

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