Definición de "Whig"
Formas de la palabra: plural Whigs
1. sustantivo contable
2. sustantivo contable
In the American Revolution, a Whig was an American who supported the revolution against the British.
[US]3. sustantivo contable
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Whig in British English
sustantivo
1.
a member of the English political party or grouping that opposed the succession to the throne of James, Duke of York, in 1679–80 on the grounds that he was a Catholic. Standing for a limited monarchy, the Whigs represented the great aristocracy and the moneyed middle class for the next 80 years. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the Whigs represented the desires of industrialists and Dissenters for political and social reform. The Whigs provided the core of the Liberal Party
3.
a member of the American political party that opposed the Democrats from about 1834 to 1855 and represented propertied and professional interests
4.
(formerly) a conservative member of the Liberal Party in Great Britain
5.
adjetivo
7.
of, characteristic of, or relating to Whigs
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Formas derivadas
Whiggery (ˈWhiggery) or Whiggism (ˈWhiggism) sustantivo
Whiggish (ˈWhiggish)
adjetivo
Whiggishly (ˈWhiggishly)
adverbio
Whiggishness (ˈWhiggishness)
sustantivo
Origen de la palabra Whig
C17: probably shortened from whiggamore, one of a group of 17th-century Scottish rebels who joined in an attack on Edinburgh
known as the whiggamore raid; probably from Scottish whig to drive (of obscure origin) + more, mer, maire horse, mare1Whig in American English
sustantivo
1.
a member of a political party in England (fl. 18th to mid-19th cent.) which championed reform and parliamentary rights: it later became the Liberal Party
2. US
in the American Revolution, a person who opposed continued allegiance to Great Britain and supported the Revolution
3. US
a member of an American political party ( c. 1834-56) opposing the Democratic Party and advocating protection of industry and limitation of the power of the executive branch of government
adjetivo
5.
of or characteristic of Whigs
6. [also w-]
of or designating historical interpretation which finds in events an uninterrupted line of progress against reactionary forces and often regards the present as a natural and inevitable result of the past
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Formas derivadas
Whiggish (ˈWhiggish)
adjetivo
Origen de la palabra Whig
shortened form of whiggamore (applied to Scot Covenanters who marched on Edinburgh in 1648), an erratic form of
Scot whiggamaire < whig, a cry to urge on horses + mare, horse
whig in American English
(hwɪɡ, wɪɡ)
verbo intransitivoFormas de la palabra: whigged, whigging
Scot
to move along briskly
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Whig in American English
(hwɪɡ, wɪɡ)
sustantivo
1. U.S. History
a.
a member of the patriotic party during the Revolutionary period; supporter of the Revolution
b.
a member of a political party (c1834–55) that was formed in opposition to the Democratic party, and favored economic expansion and a high protective tariff, while opposing the strength of the presidency in relation to the legislature
2. Brit Politics
a.
a member of a major political party (1679–1832) in Great Britain that held liberal principles and favored reforms: later called the Liberal party
b. (in later use)
one of the more conservative members of the Liberal party
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Origen de la palabra Whig
[1635–45; earlier, a Covenanter, hence an opponent of the accession of James II; of
uncert. orig., though prob. in part a shortening of whiggamaire (later whiggamore), a participant in the Whiggamore Raid a march against the royalists in Edinburgh launched by Covenanters in 1648 (said
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