Whig

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Whig (w-) †yokel; adherent of the Presbyterian cause in Scotland (esp. one of the rebellious covenanters who marched on Edinburgh in 1648); exclusioner (opposing succession of James, duke of York) XVII; from 1689, one of the two great political parties in England. prob. shortening of Sc. whiggamaire, -mer, wiggomer (used in the second sense, the expedition being called ‘the whiggamore raid’), f. whig drive + mere MARE.

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