Whig

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore ("horse driver"), from whig + mare.