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What does the word whig mean?

Part of speech: noun

A member of the Liberal party in England in the 18th and 19th centuries; also, a Covenanter or a Roundhead.

Part of speech: noun

An American colonist who supported the Revolutionary war; later, a member of a party opposed to the Democratic.

Usage examples for whig

Despite my English friends, and thanks to Mr. Wilson and my Aunt Gainor, I was fast becoming an ardent Whig, so that the talk, in which I had small share, interested me deeply. – Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell
There is not one of the household who is not a consistent Whig, and there hath been no opportunity for anything of the sort. – Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison