Whig

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Whig /wɪɡ/ noun [countable]  PPGSHa member of a British political party of the 18th and early 19th centuries which wanted to limit royal power, and later became the Liberal Party 辉格党党员〔辉格党是18及19世纪初期英国的一个政党，主张限制王权，后成为自由党〕

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Whig• Likewise, we can still find examples of Tories attacking the theory of the ancient constitution and Whigs defending it.• Both Democrats and Whigs wanted to gloss over sectional differences and cement party loyalties, not divide the country.• According to Benton, Whigs and the abolitionists who wanted Florida to remain a haven for runaways were in agreement.• In other places we find Whig crowds retaliating to a Tory initiative.• The interregnum produced by the King's removal facilitated a sudden and dramatic resurgence of the Whigs.• On the other side, the Whig defence of the executive was not totally new after 1689.• The Low Church bishops proved to be valuable Parliamentary allies to the Whigs.• The Whigs were low churchmen and Hanoverians, the Tories high churchmen and Jacobites.Origin Whig (1600-1700) Whiggamore “member of a 17th-century Scottish group opposed to the king” ((17-20 centuries)), probably from Scottish English whig “to drive” + more “horse, mare”

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Whig /wɪɡ/ noun [countable]a member of a British political party of the 18th and early 19th centuries which wanted to limit royal power, and later became the Liberal Party

WhigBrE /wɪɡ/ 🔊NAmE /wɪɡ/ 🔊 nounin Britain in the past, a member of a party that supported progress and reform and that later became the Liberal Party 辉格党党员（属于英国旧时的激进党派，自由党的前身）