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Whig

  • [vɪk]

Rhymes with ɪk

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Entlehnung aus dem englischen Whig ^(→ en)

noun Whig · Whigs

  1. historical, vom 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert Anhänger einer politischen Gruppierung im englischen Parlament
  2. Anhänger oder Sympathisant einer liberalen politischen Ausrichtung in England

Opposite: Tory

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noun

Opposite: Tory

In English

  • Whig a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party

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@misc{whig_2026,
  title = {Whig},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/de/whig},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}