Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party. · A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats. · An advocate of war against, or independence from, Britain during the American Revolution. · A member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party.
From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore (“horse driver”), from whig (“to drive”) + mare.
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- Derivation mentionwhiggamoresco
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