tory
31TORY — n. m. Nom qu’on a donné en Angleterre aux partisans de Charles II, et qui depuis est resté le nom générique du parti conservateur. Il est opposé à Whig. Les torys et les whigs ont dominé alternativement en Angleterre. Quelques uns écrivent au… …
32Tory — noun (plural Tories) 1》 a member or supporter of the British Conservative Party. 2》 a member of the English political party opposing the exclusion of James II from the succession and, later, of the British parliamentary party supporting the… …
33Tory — noun (C) a member of the British Conservative Party: a lifelong Tory | Tory principles …
34-tory — I aff. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, orig. adjectival derivatives of agent nouns ending in tor (predatory); also forming adjectival derivatives directly from verbs (obligatory). • Etymology: < L tōrius II tory aff. a suffix… …
35Tory — noun (plural Tories) Etymology: Irish tóraidhe outlaw, robber, from Middle Irish tóir pursuit Date: 1646 1. a dispossessed Irishman subsisting as an outlaw chiefly in the 17th century 2. obsolete bandit, outlaw 3. a. a member or supporter of a… …
36tory — 1. noun a) A supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of democratization or reform. b) A supporter of a monarchy. 2. adjective a) Opposed to political reform. b) Conservative. See Also: Tory …
37Tory — adj. Tory is used with these nouns: ↑seat …
38Tory — To|ry [ tɔri, engl. tɔ:ri] der; s, Plur. s u. ...ries [ tɔri:s, engl. tɔ:riz] <aus engl. Tory, dies aus ir. tōraidhe, eigtl. »Verfolger, Räuber« (Bez. für irische Geächtete des 16. u. 17. Jh.s) zu tóir »verfolgen«>: 1. (Plur. ...ries) a)… …
39Tory — [17] The term tory originally denoted an Irish guerrilla, one of a group of Irishmen who in the 1640s were thrown off their property by the British and took to a life of harrying and plundering the British occupiers (it is an 513 town… …
40Tory — [ˈtɔːri] noun [C] someone who supports or is a member of the Conservative Party in the UK Tory adj …
