Definition of "tory" []

• A political conservative supporting monarchy and traditional political and social institutions. (noun)
• Conservative, right-wing (adjective)

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• "Their notions on such subjects were generally crude and undefined, and living in a country where the whole construction of society and habits of feeling were decidedly republican, the term tory, when adopted by them, was certainly a misnomer."
• "Similarly your obvious contempt of everything tory is a disgrace and you should be looking for a job with the Labour party as you are as deluded as they are."
• "The 17th-century Eng­lish par­lia­men­tary his­tory is more inter­est­ing."