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Tory (iou)



Tory noun & adjective. M17.
[Prob. from Irish toraidhe a pursued person, a highwayman, from toir pursue (cf. toraigheact act of pursuing, pursuit).]
A. noun.
Hist. Any of the Irish people dispossessed by English settlers who became outlaws in 17th-cent. Ireland. Later also (derog.), an Irish Catholic or Royalist. M17.
Hist. (A nickname for) a person opposing the exclusion of James II from the succession. Opp. WHIG noun2 2. L17.
Orig. (now Hist.), a member of the English, later British parliamentary party supporting the established religious and political order, that gave rise to the Conservative Party in the 1830s (opp. WHIG noun2 3). Now, a member or supporter of the British Conservative Party. E18.
US History.
a. An American colonist loyal to Britain during the American Revolution. L18.
b. A Union sympathizer in the Confederate States during the American Civil War. M19.
transf. A member or supporter of a political party analogous to the British Conservative Party; a person of conservative views or temperament. L18.
b. adjective. That is a Tory; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Tory or Tories; Conservative. L17.
E. Paul The Tory Petit Journal came out as a handbill. M. B. Brown The evolution of a working class, Tory voter in Britain.
Special collocations: Tory democracy (chiefly Hist.) democracy under Tory leadership; reforming or progressive Conservatism. Tory democrat (chiefly Hist.) an advocate or supporter of Tory democracy.
Torydom noun the realm or rule of Tories M19.
Toryfy verb trans. (freq. joc.) make Tory, convert to Toryism M18.
Toryish adjective somewhat Tory; inclined to Toryism: L17.
Toryishly adverb L17.
Toryism noun the principles or practices of Tories; an instance of this: L17.
Toryize verb trans. = Toryfy L19.