Whiggism definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WHIGGISM, n. The principles of a whig. Merriam Webster's noun see Whig Webster's 1913 Dictionary Whiggism Whig"gism, n. The principles of the Whigs.
... and succeeded about 1854 by the Republican party • Whig adjective • Whiggism noun Oxford Reference Dictionary n. hist. 1 Polit. a member ... c., succeeded by the Republicans. Derivatives: Whiggery n. Whiggish adj. Whiggism n. Etymology: prob. a shortening of Sc. whiggamer, -more, nickname ...