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Whig [(h)wɪg] SUBST hist

1. Whig (British party):

the Whigs pl

die Whigs pl hist

2. Whig (member of British party):

Whig

Whig m hist

3. Whig (American party):

the Whigs pl

die Whigs pl hist

4. Whig (revolutionary American):

Whig

Vorkämpfer der Unabhängigkeit der amerikanischen Kolonien von England

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Englisch

In 1712, with the tories in power, he began to court the opposition whigs with laudatory verse.

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We are all of us exultant and unrepentant whigs.

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They were about one hundred and fifty strong, while the whigs numbered only about sixty.

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He lost his colonelcy in 1690, the church party being once more in a majority, but was re-elected on the ascendency of the whigs in 1691.

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Typical conventions are an opportunity for the presumptive nominee to present themselves to the world and for party big-whigs to rail against the opposition.

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