Whig

Meaning

1. (UK, historical) A member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party.
2. (UK, rare) A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats.
3. (US, historical) An advocate of war against, or independence from, Britain during the American Revolution.
4. (US, historical) A member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.

Opposite of

Tory, Democrat, Jacksonian Democrat

Translations

Whig

άγγλος φιλελεύθερος

whig

liberaal

Partido Whig

liberal

whig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʍɪɡ/

Etymology

From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore (“horse driver”), from whig (“to drive”) + mare.