wɪɡ n.
hist. 1 Polit. a
member of
the British reforming
and constitutional party
that after 1688
sought the
supremacy of
Parliament and
was eventually succeeded in the 19th c. by the
Liberal Party (opp.
TORY 2). 2 a 17th-c.
Scottish Presbyterian. 3 US a a
supporter of the
American Revolution. b a member of an American
political party in the 19th
c., succeeded by the Republicans. øøWhiggery n. Whiggish adj. Whiggism n. [prob. a
shortening of
Sc. whiggamer, -more,
nickname of 17th-c. Sc. rebels, f. whig to
drive + MARE(1)]