tory

plural tories

1. Alternative letter-case form of Tory.

1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Tory.

plural Tories

1. UKgovernmentA 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.

   Synonyms: Conservative · Antonyms: Whig

2. broadlyOne who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative.

   Synonyms: conservative, small-c conservative

3. CanadiangovernmentA member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.

   The latest Tory budget continued the trend begun in 2000 by making further small cuts in family income taxes.

   2008, David Mutimer, Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2002, page 220

   Synonyms: Conservative, Progressive Conservative, PC, P.C.

4. derogatoryhistoricalA 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.

   Antonyms: Exclusioner

5. derogatoryhistoricalAn Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits.

   Ho! Master Teague, what is your story? / I went to the wood and kill’d a tory; / […] I hunted him in, and I hunted him out, / Three times through the bog, about and about; / When out of a bush I saw his head, / So I fired my gun, and I shot him dead.

   1886, James Orchard Haliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England, 5th edition, page 7

6. UShistoricalA loyal British subject during the American Revolution.

   Synonyms: loyalist, Loyalist, United Empire Loyalist, Royalist · Antonyms: Whig

7. UShistoricalA Union sympathizer in the Confederate States during the American Civil War.

1. UKnot comparablegovernmentOf or belonging to the Tory Party or the Conservative Party.
2. Canadiannot comparablegovernmentOf or belonging to the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.

1. A female given name.
2. A male given name.

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.