ALL meanings of tory
To·ry
T t - noun plural tory a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada. 1
- noun plural tory a member of a political party in Great Britain from the late 17th century to about 1832 that favored royal authority over Parliament and the preservation of the existing social and political order: succeeded by the Conservative party. 1
- noun plural tory (often lowercase) an advocate of conservative principles; one opposed to reform or radicalism. 1
- noun plural tory a person who supported the British cause in the American Revolution; a loyalist. 1
- noun plural tory (in the 17th century) a dispossessed Irishman who resorted to banditry, especially after the invasion of Oliver Cromwell and suppression of the royalist cause (1649–52). 1
- noun plural tory a male or female given name. 1
- adjective tory of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Tories. 1
- adjective tory being a Tory. 1
- adjective tory (sometimes lowercase) opposed to reform or radicalism; conservative. 1
- noun tory member of the Conservative Party 1
- adjective tory politics: Conservative 1
- adjective tory In Britain, a Tory politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party. 0
- adjective tory Tory is also a noun. 0
- noun tory a member or supporter of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada 0
- noun tory a member of the English political party that opposed the exclusion of James, Duke of York from the royal succession (1679–80). Tory remained the label for subsequent major conservative interests until they gave birth to the Conservative Party in the 1830s 0
- noun tory an American supporter of the British cause; loyalist 0
- noun tory an ultraconservative or reactionary 0
- noun tory (in the 17th century) an Irish Roman Catholic, esp an outlaw who preyed upon English settlers 0
- adjective tory of, characteristic of, or relating to Tories 0
- adjective tory ultraconservative or reactionary 0
- noun tory in the 17th cent., any of the dispossessed Irish who became outlaws, killed English settlers and soldiers, and lived by plundering 0
- noun tory later, an armed Irish Catholic or Royalist 0
- noun tory in 1679-1680, a person who opposed the exclusion of James, Duke of York, from succession to the English throne 0
- noun tory after 1689, a member of one of the two major political parties of England: opposed to Whig, and later, to Liberal, Radical, Laborite; changed officially c. 1830 to Conservative 0
- noun tory in the American Revolution, a person who advocated or actively supported continued allegiance to Great Britain 0
- noun tory any extreme conservative; reactionary 0
- adjective tory of, being, or having the conservative principles of a Tory 0