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- noun derogatory, archaic A
Whig .
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See Whig.
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Whiggamore soon shortened to Whig: in John Locke's day, it referred to anyone bound and determined to have a Protestant succession, whether in Scotland or England.
Whig = Whey Steve Carper 2008
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Ayrshire and the West rose in a "Whiggamore raid" (notable as the first event in which we find the name "Whig," which is possibly the same as our "Whey," and conveys a taunt against the "sour-milk" faces of the fanatical Ayrshiremen), and, marching upon Edinburgh, in September, dispersed the Royalist party and again installed Argyle in power.
History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 John Richard Green 1860
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