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whiggamore
whiggamore Hist. (ˈhwɪgəmɔə(r)) Forms: 7 whigimyre, whiggamaire, -mer, whigmuir, wickhamer, wiggomer, 7– whiggamore, 8 whiggamor, whigamoor, 9 whigamore. [The form whig(g)amore, used by Bp. Burnet in the often cited passage given s.v. Whig n.2 2, and later popularized by Scott, is app. an erratic fo...
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Whiggamore Raid
The Whiggamore Raid (or "March of the Whiggamores") was a march on Edinburgh by supporters of the Kirk faction of the Covenanters to take power from the The crowd of half-armed peasants who followed in Alexander, Earl of Eglinton's train, and to whose incursion the name of the Whiggamore Raid was given,
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Whiggism
The name probably originates from a shortening of Whiggamore referring to the Whiggamore Raid.
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Whig
▪ I. Whig, n.2 and a. (hwɪg) Forms: 7 whige, whigh, whigue, Sc. uhig, uig, 7–8 wig(g, 8 quig, 7–9 whigg, 7– whig. [Origin unascertained; prob. shortening of whiggamer, whiggamore; the occurrence of sense 1 (if it belongs to this word) some years before the date of the ‘whiggamore raid’ points to the...
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Whig
pejorative nickname for the Kirk Party, a radical Presbyterian faction of the Scottish Covenanters during the 17th-century Wars of the Three Kingdoms
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Whigs (British political party)
The term Whig began as a short form of whiggamore, a term originally used by people in the north of England to refer to (cattle) drovers from western Scotland picked up and used by the English to refer derisively to a radical faction of the Scottish Covenanters who called themselves the Kirk Party (see the Whiggamore
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west country
west country [west a.] The western part of any country; the district or region towards the west; spec. of England or of Scotland. Usually the remoter counties west (or south-west) of the speaker, or of London (in Scotland west of Edinburgh); sometimes spec. the south-western counties (Somerset, Devo...
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Battle of Mauchline Muir
suffered a crushing defeat by New Model Army at the Battle of Preston, and after a short civil war in Scotland the Kirk party emerged as victors (see Whiggamore
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辉格党 (英国)
辉格一词的来源是「驱赶牲畜的乡巴佬」(whiggamore),用以消遣“好勇斗狠的苏格兰长老会信徒”,是政敌托利党对辉格党员的歧视语,但后来约定俗成,辉格党员也乐于以此自称。
历史
1679年,因约克公爵詹姆斯(后来的詹姆斯二世)具有天主教背景,就詹姆斯是否有权继承王位的问题,议会展开激烈争论。
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Kirk Party
The Kirk party were disparagingly called "whiggamores" or "whigs" by their Scottish opponents (See the Whiggamore Raid).
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Battle of Stirling (1648)
Those Covenanters who had opposed the Engagement, seized the opportunity presented by the loss of credibility suffered by the Engagers and launched the Whiggamore
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George Munro, 1st of Newmore
However, Edinburgh had already been taken by the Whig party in what was known as the Whiggamore Raid.
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Reappropriation
Tory (originally from the Middle Irish word for 'pursuer' ), Whig (from whiggamore; see the Whiggamore Raid) and Suffragette are other British examples
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John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis
the Battle of Prestonpans, Cassilis joined with John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, and Alexander Montgomerie, 6th Earl of Eglinton, as leaders of the Whiggamore
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Western Association (Scotland)
credibility of the Engagers was undermined by their armies defeat at the battle of Preston, and members of the Kirk party in the south west organised the Whiggamore
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