Wee Free

English

Etymology

From wee (“small”).

Proper noun

Wee Free

  1. (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.
  2. (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

Wee Free (plural Wee Frees)

  1. A member of this political group.
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