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Whig \'hwig, 'wig\ \'hwig-ish, 'wig-\ \-.iz-*m\ n [short for Whiggamore 
   (member of a Scottish group that marched to Edinbur]gh in 1648 to oppose 
   the court party) 1: a member or supporter of a major British political 
   group of the 18th and  early 19th centruies seeking to limit the royal 
   authority and increase parliamentary power 2: an American favoring 
   independence from Great Britain during the American  Revolution 3: a member 
   or supporter of an American political party formed about 1834 i n 
   opposition to the Jacksonian Democrats, associated chiefly with 
   manufacturing, commercial, and financial interests, and succeeded about 
   1854 by the Republican party - Whig aj