whig
nounEtymology
From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore (“horse driver”), from whig (“to drive”) + mare.
- inherited from wheyȝe
Definitions
Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling…
Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
Buttermilk.
To urge forward
To urge forward; drive briskly.
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To jog along
To jog along; move or work briskly.
To weird out or disturb someone.
A member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the…
A member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party.
- One was a piece, Two Cheers for the Whig Interpretation of History, by William Cronon, president of the American Historical Association.
A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the…
A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats.
An advocate of war against, or independence from, Britain during the American Revolution.
A member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.
The neighborhood
- neighborTory
- neighborFederalist
- neighborLib Dem
- neighborLabour
- neighborGrit
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for whig. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA