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▸ noun: (by extension) One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative.
▸ noun: (Canadian politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
▸ noun: (historical, derogatory) 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.
▸ noun: (now historical, derogatory) An Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits.
▸ noun: (US, historical) A loyal British subject during the American Revolution.
▸ noun: (US, historical) A Union sympathizer in the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
▸ adjective: (UK politics) Of or belonging to the Tory Party or the Conservative Party.
▸ adjective: (Canadian politics) Of or belonging to the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
▸ noun: A female given name.
▸ noun: A male given name.
▸ noun: Short for Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland. [A small inhabited island off the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland.]
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of Tory [(UK politics) 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.]
▸ adjective: Alternative letter-case form of Tory [(UK politics) Of or belonging to the Tory Party or the Conservative Party.]
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Tory Party,
conservative,
Torydom,
Toryshire,
whig,
one nationer,
Tudor,
Young England,
commonwealthman,
Briton,
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