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Tory

noun

To·​ry ˈtȯr-ē How to pronounce Tory (audio)
plural Tories
1
b
: a member or supporter of a major British political group of the 18th and early 19th centuries favoring at first the Stuarts and later royal authority and the established church and seeking to preserve the traditional political structure and defeat parliamentary reform compare whig
2
: an American upholding the cause of the British Crown against the supporters of colonial independence during the American Revolution : loyalist
3
often not capitalized : an extreme conservative especially in political and economic principles
4
: a dispossessed Irishman subsisting as an outlaw chiefly in the 17th century
5
obsolete : bandit, outlaw
Tory adjective

Example Sentences

a small-town Tory who saw that society was changing, much to his regret

Word History

Etymology

Irish tóraidhe outlaw, robber, from Middle Irish tóir pursuit

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 4

Time Traveler
The first known use of Tory was in 1646

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