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Meanings of whig in English

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виги
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whig
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partido político whig
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partit whig anglès
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British political party.

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Usage of whig in English
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Two whig presses have been set up in each of those States.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
2
The former espoused the whig cause, the latter the cause of the tories.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
3
The whig administration possessed a majority, both in the Senate and the House.
Sketches and Studies
4
The object of that, is the suppression of the whig presses.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
5
By this means the true whig view of the question was forced out.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
6
In politics Salt was a whig, and Coventry a staunch tory.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
7
So polemical a reading of former whig pranks nettled him considerably.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) / 1809-1859
8
Mr. Dayton is an old whig, like Mr. Seward and myself.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
9
The keystone of the whig political arch was Lord Palmerston.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
10
There were certain reasons why the whig party could not accomplish the desired end.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
11
Of his most intimate friends, one was a democrat and the other a whig.
Sketches from Concord and Appledore / Concord thirty years ago; ...
12
The whole whig party were justly alarmed at these alterations.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
13
The healthy, strong, and bold, cherishes them, and is formed a whig by nature.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
14
Thus challenged, Keppel, who was a whig, stood up to defend his own conduct.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
15
Perhaps he's a whig tho', and will not do it.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.
16
If a whig refuses to vote for a democrat is that "proscription?"
Mysticism and its Results: Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Ab...
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