Whiggamore

English

Etymology

See Whig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪɡəmɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈʍɪɡəmɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

Whiggamore (plural Whiggamores)

1. (derogatory, archaic) A Whig.
   • 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh:  […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:

     the Engagers, and the Protesters, and the Whiggamores Raid, and the Assembly of Divines at Westminster

References

• “Whiggamore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.