■ noun
1》 a member of the British reforming party that sought the supremacy of Parliament, succeeded in the 19th century by the Liberal Party.
2》 a supporter of the American side during the War of American Independence.
↘a member of a 19th-century American political party succeeded by the Republicans.
3》 a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian.
Derivatives
~gery noun
~gish adjective
~gism noun
Origin
C17: prob. a shortening of Scots whiggamore , the nickname of Scottish rebels, from whig 'to drive' + mare 1 .