Whigs

'Whigs'

[whig.n.01] as in: a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories

'Whigs'

[whig.n.02] as in: a supporter of the American Revolution

'Whigs'

[whig.n.03] as in: a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War