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adj
Of or belonging to the Tory Party or the Conservative Party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, not-comparable
Topics: government, politics
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adj
Of or belonging to the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canadian, not-comparable
Topics: government, politics
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adj
Alternative letter-case form of Tory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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name
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Ellipsis of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: Conservative
Antonyms: Whig
noun
One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: conservative, small-c conservative
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noun
A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canadian
Topics: government, politics
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Synonyms: Conservative, Progressive Conservative, PC, P.C.
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noun
A member of the political factions that sought to prevent the exclusion of James, Duke of York, from the throne of England in the 17th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, historical
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Antonyms: Exclusioner
noun
An Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, historical
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noun
A loyal British subject during the American Revolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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Synonyms: loyalist, United Empire Loyalist, Royalist
Antonyms: Whig
noun
A Union sympathizer in the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, historical
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Tory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: American
noun
a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rightist, right-winger
noun
a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Englishman
History
From Irish tóraí (“pursuer”), from tóir (“pursuit”). The first recorded use in English is from a 1646 letter by James Butler, Earl of Ormond, to a Colonel O'Brien, describing bandits and thieves on main roadways.
See Tory.
Short for Victoria when used as a female name, and for Victor or Salvatore when used as a male name.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
