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whigs

/wˈɪɡz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
whigs
IPA
/wˈɪɡz/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of Whig

name

An 18th- and 19th-century British political party that was opposed to the Tories, and became the Liberal Party.

British usage

name

A 19th-century political party in the United States of America.

American usage

noun

plural of whig

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of whig

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Whigs (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

Tories Federalists Democrats

Homonyms

wiggs

Rhymes With

pigs gigs briggs figs digs wigs rigs twigs riggs higgs biggs diggs

Questions

How do you pronounce whigs?
The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪɡz/.
What does whigs mean?
plural of Whig

How to pronounce whigs

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