Grit

After the Clear Grits, 19th-century reformers so named because they wanted members who were "all sand and no dirt, clear grit all the way through".

Grit (plural Grits)

1. (Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada or one of its provincial wings (except for the Quebec provincial wing).

• Grits

• Liberal
• Liberal Party
• Whig
• Tory

Grit (not comparable)

1. (Canadian politics) Of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada.

• Liberal

• girt, trig

Grit

1. Greece