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Definition of Whiggamore

Whiggamore
Whiggamore Whig"ga*more, n. [See Whig.] A Whig; -- a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

Meaning of Whiggamore from 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...
- been militantly anti-Catholic). The term Whig began as a short form of whiggamore, a term originally used by people in the north of England to refer to...
- Kirk party were disparagingly called "whiggamores" or "whigs" by their Scottish opponents (See the Whiggamore Raid). The nickname was later applied (equally...
- English politics during the Exclusion Bill crisis of 1678–1681. Whig (from whiggamore, a "cattle driver") was initially a Scottish insult for the Covenanter...
- from the Middle Irish word for 'pursuer' tóraidhe), Whig (from whiggamore; see the Whiggamore Raid) and Suffragette are other British examples. In the American...
- Scottish Covenanters during the 17th-century Wars of the Three Kingdoms Whiggamore Raid, a march on Edinburgh by supporters of the Kirk faction in September...
- Old-Money". The name probably originates from a shortening of Whiggamore referring to the Whiggamore Raid. The word "Whiggery", deriving from "Whig" and the...
- split the Covenanters into Engagers and Kirk Party fundamentalists or Whiggamores. Defeat in the Second English Civil War resulted in the execution of...
- 1648. This led to the return of the Argyll faction in Scotland after the Whiggamore Raid. After the execution of Charles I, Argyll declared his son, Charles...
- Dunaverty Mauchline Muir Preston Winwick Anglo-Scottish war (1650–1652) Whiggamore Raid Stirling 1st Inverness 2nd Inverness Carbisdale Dunbar Inverkeithing...