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单词 Whig
释义
Whig (wĭg, hwĭg)
n.
1. A member of an 18th- and 19th-century British political party that was opposed to the Tories.
2. A supporter of the war against England during the American Revolution.
3. A 19th-century American political party formed to oppose the Democratic Party and favoring high tariffs and a loose interpretation of the Constitution.

[Probably short for Whiggamore, a member of a body of 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian rebels.]

Whigger·y n.
Whiggish adj.
Whiggism n.
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