Tory
['tɔ:ri;'təu-]
Definition
(noun.) an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution.
(noun.) a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative.
(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.
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Definition
(n.) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.
(n.) One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.
(a.) Of ro pertaining to the Tories.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Eng. politics.] Conservative, adherent of the crown.
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Definition
n. a Conservative in English politics—a term since 1830 largely superseded by Conservative but since 1880 a good deal revived in the sense frequently of a non-conservative Conservative.—v.t. Tō′rify to infect with Tory principles.—n. Tō′ryism the principles of the Tories.
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Examples
- He fulfilled it so vigorously that ere long he came to a decisive rupture with his old Tory friend the rector. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I said I was glad of it, and that, if they had used her ill, I would have turned tory. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Joe, continued Miss Keeldar, I never yet could ascertain properly whether you are a Whig or a Tory. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I know you have all sneered at me in the country for being a Tory. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You always were a Tory, and your family's one of the oldest in England. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Besides, I am a Tory, you know. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is Tory ground, where I and the 'Pioneer' are no more welcome than a poacher and his gun. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The aristocracy are decidedly a very superior class, you know, both physically, and morally, and mentally; as a high Tory I acknowledge that. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was applied to a band of Tories who infested the neutral ground of Westchester County, New York, stealing cattle from both parties and doing other mischief. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Tories bribe, you know: Hawley and his set bribe with treating, hot codlings, and that sort of thing; and they bring the voters drunk to the poll. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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