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Wee Free
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English
Etymology
From wee (“small”).
Proper noun
- (Scotland, historical) The Free Kirk, as opposed to the United Free Kirk.
- 1991, Jan Webster, I Only Can Dance With You, page 96:
- The legions of the Wee Free were receding into the mists of Gaeldom.
- (UK politics, historical) A small group in the 1918 Liberal Party who on principle did not want to go into coalition with the Conservative Party.
Noun
- A member of this political group.
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