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Whig/wiɡ/n. hist. [史义] 1 Polit. 【政】 a member of the British reforming and constitutional party that after 1688 sought the supremacy of Parliament and was eventually succeeded in the 19th c. by the Liberal Party (opp. 反义 TORY 2) (英自由党的前身)辉格党党员 2 a 17th-c. Scottish Presbyterian (17 世纪)苏格兰长老会教徒 3 US [美]a a supporter of the American Revolution 美国独立战争的支持者 b a member of an American political party in the 19th c., succeeded by the Republicans (美共和党前身)辉格党党员 □ Whiggery n. 辉格党党义 □ Whiggish adj.□ Whiggism n.[probably a shortening of Scots whiggamer, -more, nickname of 17th-c. Scots rebels, from whig ‘to drive’ + MARE1] |