Complete Definition of "Whig"

see|whig
English
Pronunciation
AHD|hwĭg, IPA|/�ɪg/, SAMPA|/WIg/
rhymes|ɪɡ

Homophones
whig
wig (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Category:English homophones

Proper noun
wikipedia
en-noun

  1. 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. an advocate of war against Britain during the American Revolution
  3. a member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party

Category:Politics
Category:English proper nouns

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