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WHIG PARTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Whig Party mean?
• WHIG PARTY (noun)
The noun WHIG PARTY has 1 sense:
1. a former political party in the United States; formed in 1834 in opposition to the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of the Constitution and high protective tariffs
Familiarity information: WHIG PARTY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former political party in the United States; formed in 1834 in opposition to the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of the Constitution and high protective tariffs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Whig Party" is a kind of...):
party; political party (an organization to gain political power)
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