Whigs

Speech parts

1. Whigs - Noun

2. Whigs - Proper noun

Meaning

Whigs

plural of Whig

(UK politics) An 18th- and 19th-century British political party that was opposed to the Tories, and became the Liberal Party.

(US politics) A 19th-century political party in the United States of America.

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Examples

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments. Benjamin Disraeli

Through its support of mass immigration, its paralysis in power to prevent 12-20 million illegal aliens from entering and staying, its failure to address the "anchor-baby” issue, the Republican Party has birthed a new electorate that will send it the way of the Whigs. Pat Buchanan

Whoever of ye Whigs thinks I am to be Hecktor'd or frighted into a Complyance tho I am a woman, are mightely mistaken in me. I thank God I have a Soul above that, & am too much conserned for my reputation to do any thing to forfeit it. Anne of Great Britain

The right hon. Gentleman Sir Robert Peel caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. Benjamin Disraeli

[I] always had a soft place in my heart for the patrician Whigs. John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

Accordingly, each of these groups suddenly forgot their differences with the Whig Party and voted with the Whigs against the proposed budget. Source: Internet

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