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Whiggamore - Oxford Reference
A member of a body of rebels from the western part of Scotland who in 1648 marched on Edinburgh in opposition to Charles I . The name comes from whig 'to drive' + mare 'female horse', and is probably the origin of Whig. From: Whiggamore in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable » www.oxfordreference.com
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Whiggamore Raid - Wikipedia
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 ... en.wikipedia.org
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WHIGGAMORE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a member of a band composed largely of inhabitants of the southwestern part of Scotland that in 1648 marched to Edinburgh to oppose the king, Duke of ... www.merriam-webster.com
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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WHIGGAMORE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
one of a group of 17th-century Scottish insurgents. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Quick word challenge. Quiz Review. www.collinsdictionary.com
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SND :: whiggamore - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
WHIGGAMORE, n. Also -mor, whigamore. Sc. Hist.: a Presbyterian of the 17th c., a Covenanter, orig. one of the participants in the Whiggamore Raid of 1648, ... dsl.ac.uk
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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, wikipedia.org
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Whiggamore - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Whiggamore (plural Whiggamores). (derogatory, archaic) A Whig. 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since. […] ... en.wiktionary.org
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Whigs (British political party) - Wikipedia
The word Whig originated as a shortening of Whiggamore, a nickname for a Scottish Presbyterian, particularly a ; The word entered English political discourse ... en.wikipedia.org
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Whiggamore | Encyclopedia.com
Whiggamore a member of a body of rebels from the western part of Scotland who in 1648 marched on Edinburgh in opposition to Charles I. The name comes from ... www.encyclopedia.com
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whiggamore, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the noun whiggamore is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for whiggamore is from 1654, in a letter by Archibald Johnston, ... www.oed.com
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whiggamore - definition and meaning - Wordnik
whiggamore: A person who came from the west and southwest of Scotland to Leith to buy corn. See the quotation from Bishop Burnet, under Whig, 2. www.wordnik.com
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Whiggism
The name probably originates from a shortening of Whiggamore referring to the Whiggamore Raid. wikipedia.org
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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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 Whiggamore wikipedia.org
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