Definition of tory Tory

/tɔˈɹi/ - [toree] - To•ry

We found 18 definitions of tory from 6 different sources.

What does tory mean?

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tory - an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
tory - a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
tory - 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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tory (Noun)
A member or supporter of the British Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church.
tory (Noun)
One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative.
tory (Noun)
A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada or one of that party's predecessors.
tory (Noun)
A pejorative nickname given to the political factions who sought to exclude II of James, Duke of York from the throne of England the Exclusioners in the 17th century.
tory (Noun)
A pejorative term for an Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits.
tory (Noun)
A loyal British citizen.
tory (Noun)
A Union sympathizer.
tory (Adjective)
Of or belonging to the Tory Party or the Conservative Party.
tory (Adjective)
Of or belonging to the Conservative Party of Canada or one of that party's predecessors.

tory (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.
tory (n.)
One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.
tory (a.)
Of ro pertaining to the Tories.

tory
tō′ri, n. a Conservative in English politics—a term since 1830 largely superseded by Conservative, but since 1880 a good deal revived in the sense frequently of a non-conservative Conservative.—v.t. Tō′rify, to infect with Tory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. [Ir. toiridhe, a pursuer; first applied to the Irish bog-trotters and robbers; next, about 1680, to the most hot-headed asserters of the royal prerogative.]

tory
The word tory first occurs in English history in 1679, during the struggle in Parliament occasioned by the introduction of the bill for the exclusion of the Duke of York from the line of succession, and was applied by the advocates of the bill to its opponents as a title of obloquy or contempt. The name has, however, ceased to designate any existing party; the political successors of the tories are now commonly known as conservatives. In the Revolutionary war of the United States, the loyalists were called tories.

tory
An advocate for absolute monarchy and church power; also an Irish vagabond, robber, Or rapparee.

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