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1. A member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
    
2. A supporter of the American Revolution
    
3. A member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War

Sounds like: wig

Derived forms: Whigs

Type of: admirer, booster, champion, Englishman, friend, liberal, liberalist, pol [N. Amer], political leader, politician, politico, pollie [Austral], polly [Austral], progressive, protagonist, supporter

Encyclopedia: Whig