Definitions for whig
ʰwɪg, wɪgwhig

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Whignoun

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

2. Whignoun

   a supporter of the American Revolution

3. Whignoun

   a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whignoun

   a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party

2. Whignoun

   an advocate of war against Britain during the American Revolution

3. Whignoun

   a member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party

4. Etymology: Probably related to whey

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WHIGnoun

   Etymology: hwœg , Saxon.

   1. Whey.2. The name of a faction.

   The southwest counties of Scotland have seldom corn enough to serve them round the year; and the northern parts producing more than they need, those in the west come in the Summer to buy at Leith the stores that come from the north; and from a word, whiggam, used in driving their horses, all that drove were called the whiggamors, and shorter the whiggs. Now in that year before the news came down of duke Hamilton’s defeat, the ministers animated their people to rise and march to Edinburgh; and they came up marching on the head of their parishes with an unheard-of fury, praying and preaching all the way as they came. The marquis of Argyle and his party came and headed them, they being about six thousand. This was called the whiggamor’s inroad; and ever after that, all that opposed the court came in contempt to be called whigs: and from Scotland the word was brought into England, where it is now one of our unhappy terms of disunion. Burnet.

   Whoever has a true value for church and state, should avoid the extremes of whig for the sake of the former, and the extremes of tory on the account of the latter. Jonathan Swift.

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1. whig

   The White House Iraq Group (aka, White House Information Group or WHIG) was a working group of the White House set up in August 2002 and tasked with disseminating information supporting the positions of the George W. Bush administration relating to a possible invasion of Iraq, which would subsequently take place in March 2003. The task force was set up by White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card and chaired by Karl Rove to coordinate all of the executive branch elements in the run-up to the war in Iraq. However, it is widely speculated that the intention of the task force was "escalation of rhetoric about the danger that Iraq posed to the U.S., including the introduction of the term 'mushroom cloud'" [1].

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1. whig

   A Whig is a member or supporter of a historically significant political party, especially those in the United Kingdom or United States. The British Whig Party, formed in the late 17th century, stood for constitutional monarchism, parliamentary supremacy, civil liberties, modernization, and economic liberalism. The Whig Party in the United States, active from the 1830s to the 1850s, traditionally represented a broad spectrum of interests against the dominant Democratic Party but was particularly known for advocating a strong federal government and modernization.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whignoun

   acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage

2. Whignoun

   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. Whignoun

   a friend and supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to Tory, and Royalist

4. Whignoun

   one of the political party in the United States from about 1829 to 1856, opposed in politics to the Democratic party

5. Whigadjective

   of or pertaining to the Whigs

6. Etymology: [See Whey.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whig

   hwig, n. the name, since 1830 almost superseded by 'Liberal,' of one of the great English political parties: a Scotch Presbyterian, first so called in the middle of the 17th century: (U.S.) one of those who in the colonial period were opposed to British rule: one of the survivors of the old National Republican party, first so called in 1834—it died in 1852.—adj. composed of Whigs—also Whig′gish.—n. Whig′garchy, government by Whigs.—adv. Whig′gishly.—ns. Whig′gism, Whig′gery, Whig′gishness, Whig′ship, Whig principles. [Prob. short for whiggamore.]

2. Whig

   hwig, v.i. (Scot.) to jog along.

3. Whig

   hwig, n. (prov.) sour whey, buttermilk.

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1. WHIG

   What does WHIG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the WHIG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Englishman
   • Liberal
   • Politician
   • Supporter

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How to pronounce whig?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say whig in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whig in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whig in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of whig in a Sentence

1. Geoffrey P. Johnston:

   Kingston Whig-Standard

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=whig
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Whig
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=whig
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whig
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=whig
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=whig