1) American 2) American Revolution detractor 3) Anti-Revolutionary of 1776 4) Archconservative 5) Blue essay about love 6) British conservative 7) British loyalist 8) British party member 9) British politico 10) British sympathizer of 1776 11) Cambridge Conservative 12) Cameron 13) Canadian conservative
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conservative political party as opposed to the liberal Whigs. The Tories supported the king and the Anglican Church.
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A Tory holds a political philosophy (Toryism) based on the traditionalism and conservatism originating with the Cavalier faction during the English Civil War (sometimes more scrupulously known as the `Wars of the Three Kingdoms`). This ideology is prominent in the politics of the United Kingdom, and also appears in parts of The Commonwealth, par.....
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• (n.) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority. • (n.) One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies;...
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To'ry adjective Of ro pertaining to the Tories.
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To'ry noun ;
plural Tories . [ Properly used of the Irish bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause; hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme prerogatives of the crown; probably from Ir.
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Originally, a Tory was an Irish outlaw and robber (from the Irish word meaning to pursue for the sake of plunder). The term was applied to the Royalist party at the time of the Popish Plot but had acquired a political significance as early as 1654 when it was applied by the principal of Glasgow University to the forces maintaining the cause of Char...
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n] - a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform 2. [n] - an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
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noun a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative
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a member of the conservative party in Great Britain or Canada.
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Originally the supporters of the monarch and the Church of England. The first Tories objected to the attempts made by the Whigs between 1679 and 1681 to exclude James, Duke of York (the future James II) from the succession on the grounds of his Catholicism. Their name derived from a group of Irish brigands. Tories argued for the importance of divin...
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Oddly enough, the common term for a member of the British Conservative Party comes from the Irish “tóraidhe”, referring to a bandit. In the late 17th century Whigs were those who didn’t want James, duke of York, to succeed Charles II, as he was Catholic. The duke’s sympathisers became known as Tories.
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Tory is a Latin name for boys and girls. The meaning is `from the rough hills` The name Tory is most commonly given to American boys. In Scotland it is (almost) solely given to boys In France it is (almost) solely given to girls What do they use in other countries? Torrie Torrey (English) Torey The name sounds like: Dory, Tora, Torry, Torey,, Dory,...
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