Whig vs Republican - What's the difference?
whig | republican |
(UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
buttermilk
Urge forward; drive briskly.
Jog along; move or work briskly.
English terms with homophones
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Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government.
* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 222:
Of or belonging to a republic.
* Macaulay
Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.
* 1791 , James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson :
A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.
As nouns the difference between whig and republican
is that whig is (uk|politics) a member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in britain that was opposed to the tories, and eventually became the liberal party while republican is (british|ireland) an irish nationalist; a proponent of a united ireland.As an adjective republican is
(us politics) of or pertaining to the republican party of the united states.whig
English
Etymology 1
Probably related to (whey)Noun
(wikipedia whig) (en noun)Etymology 2
Compare frig', ' jigVerb
(whigg)republican
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements ).
- The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.
Noun
(en noun)- Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican . One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...'