| 释义 |
Whig /(h)wig/ (historical) noun- A name applied to members of one of the great English political parties, in the late 17c applied to those upholding popular rights and opposed to the King
- After 1830 almost superseded by ‘Liberal’
- A Scottish Presbyterian, first so called in the middle of the 17c
- One of those who in the colonial period were opposed to British rule (US)
- One of the party formed from the survivors of the old National Republican party and other elements, which disintegrated in the 1850s, first called by the name in 1834 (US)
adjective Of, relating to or composed of Whigs ORIGIN: Prob short for whiggamore a 17c Scottish Presbyterian rebel Whiggˈarchy noun Government by Whigs Whiggˈish adjective Whiggˈishly adverb Whiggˈism, Whiggˈery, Whiggˈishness or Whigˈship noun Whig principles |