Meaning of Whig | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
   UK, dialectal, obsolete
2. A member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party.
   UK, historical
3. Buttermilk.
4. A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats.
   UK, rare
5. An advocate of war against, or independence from, Britain during the American Revolution.
   US, historical
6. A member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.
   US, historical

Equivalents

Examples

“One was a piece, Two Cheers for the Whig Interpretation of History, by William Cronon, president of the American Historical Association.”

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