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Whig
Whig
n.
Acidulated
whey
,
sometimes
mixed
with
buttermilk
and
sweet
herbs
,
used
as a
cooling
beverage
.
Whig
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superseded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
.
Whig
n.
A
friend
and
supporter
of
the
American
Revolution
;
opposed
to
Tory
,
and
Royalist
.
Whig
n.
One
of
the
political
party
in
the
United
States
from
about
1829
to
1856
,
opposed
in
politics
to
the
Democratic
party
.
Whig
a.
Of or
pertaining
to
the
Whigs
.
Whiggamore
n.
A
Whig
;
a
cant
term
applied
in
contempt
to
Scotch
Presbyterians
.
Whiggarchy
n.
Government
by
Whigs
.
Whiggery
n.
The
principles
or
practices
of
the
Whigs
;
Whiggism
.
Whiggish
a.
Of or
pertaining
to
Whigs
;
partaking
of, or
characterized
by,
the
principles
of
Whigs
.
Whiggishly
adv.
In a
Whiggish
manner
.
Whiggism
n.
The
principles
of
the
Whigs
.
Whigling
n.
A
petty
or
inferior
Whig
;
used
in
contempt
.
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