† Whigshipn.
Obsolete.
1. With possessive adjective, as in your Whigship: a mock title of respect for a Whig.
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1682 S. Pepys Shorthand Copy of Let. 14 Mar. (MS Bodl. Rawl. A 194) f. 267 [But how your] Whigg-shipp [will bear my telling you, etc.]
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 237 Her whigship was wonderful pleased.
1835 J. A. Roebuck Evils of House of Lords 11/1 We should rejoice that his Whigship, Mr Rice, has not touched the Stamp-duty.
2. The quality or condition of being a Whig; support for the principles or policies of the Whigs or Whig Party.
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1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) II. viii. 218 [Tooke] People of your cast in politics are fond of vilifying our country. Is this your whigship?
1892 Jasper County (Georgia) News 13 Oct. Have they quit boasting of their whigship?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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