whig
IPA: wˈɪg
noun
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
- buttermilk
- (UK politics) A member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party.
- (UK politics) A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats.
- (US politics) An advocate of war against Britain during the American Revolution.
- (US politics) A member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.
verb
- (transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly.
- (intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly.
- (transitive) Weird out or disturb someone.
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Examples of "whig" in Sentences
- Friction with the Whig ascendancy.
- The Whigs were the conservative party.
- He was a friend of Palmerston and a staunch whig.
- Prentice was a dedicated backer of the Whig Party.
- However, the following year the Whigs repealed the Act.
- The year of 1852 was the beginning of the end for the Whigs.
- He was a presbyterian in religion, and in politics was a strong whig.
- His leadership of the Admiralty was unpopular amongst the Whig leaders.
- He was deprived of his office in 1711 when the Junto Whigs were crushed.
- These Whigs opposed abolitionism because they believed in the rule of law.
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