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WhigEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore (“horse driver”), from whig (“to drive”) + mare.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗whigEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗whigEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Compare frig, jig
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Chambers (1908)
1908- WhigEnglish · e-38700-9310
Whig, hwig, n. the name, since 1830 almost superseded by 'Liberal,' of one of the great English political parties: a Scotch Presbyterian, first so called in the middle of the 17th century: (U.S.) one of those who in the
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Whig, hwig, v.i. (Scot.) to jog along.
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Whig, hwig, n. (prov.) sour whey, buttermilk.
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