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How to pronounce whig
IPA transcription: ['wɪɡ]
Pronunciation variants: ['wɪɡ][h'wɪɡ]
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Noun
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a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
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a supporter of the American Revolution
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a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War
Usage examples
- James Gardiner, then sub-dean, was a strong whig and refused to sign the address.
- Milton therefore asked Fitzwilliam to support reform which would strengthen the Whig aristocracy.
- By this time, the party had been almost entirely supplanted by the Whigs.
- Lord William continued to support the Whig Party after he left the legislature.
- In parliament he occasionally spoke against Whig policies, but generally voted for them.
- Lowndes were the leaders of the Whig school of the history of education.
- In politics he supported the Rockingham Whigs.
- The Whig candidate, William D. Fair, received the rest of the votes.
- The Whig Prime Minister, Lord Grey, had Lord Howe removed from Adelaide's household.
- He belonged to the Whig party.