Tory

Meaning

1. A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
2. One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative.
3. Ellipsis of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.
4. A 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.
5. A male given name.
6. A Union sympathizer in the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
7. A loyal British subject during the American Revolution.
8. An Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits.
9. Of or belonging to the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
10. Alternative letter-case form of Tory.
11. A 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.
12. A female given name.
13. Of or belonging to the Tory Party or the Conservative Party.

Etymology / origin

From Irish tóraí (“pursuer”), from tóir (“pursuit”). The first recorded use in English is from a 1646 letter by James Butler, Earl of Ormond, to a Colonel O'Brien, describing bandits and thieves on main roadways.

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