单词 | Whig |
释义 | Whig (once / 616 pages) n WORD FAMILY Whig: Whigs USAGE EXAMPLESIt can continue to collapse until it’s transformed into something new, like the nineteenth-century Whigs, forerunners of the Republican Party. The New Yorker(Nov 13, 2016) The U.S. wasn’t always divided between blue and red states—the parties that dominated the national conversation once included Whig, National Republican, Democratic-Republican and more. Time(Nov 08, 2016) When parties split up, as the Whigs did in the 1850s, over slavery, we got the Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln, our greatest leader. New York Times(Oct 29, 2016) 1n a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories Hyper Englishman a man who is a native or inhabitant of England liberal, liberalist, progressivea person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties 2n a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War Hyper pol, political leader, politician, politico a person active in party politics 3n a supporter of the American Revolution Hyper admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter a person who backs a politician or a team etc. |
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