tory
n. countablen. a member or supporter of the Conservative Party in the UK or Canada. It is a common name used in news and politics, though some people use it as an insult.
n. a member or supporter of the British Conservative Party or its historical predecessors; also applied to the Conservative Party of Canada. While originally a neutral historical label, it can carry a pejorative tone depending on the speaker's political alignment.
The local Tory candidate is visiting our street today.
The newspaper predicted a landslide victory for the Tory party in the upcoming general election.
Political analysts often distinguish between the traditional high Tory values of the rural gentry and the more modern, market-driven ideologies of the urban wing.
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.
Short for Victoria when used as a female name, and for Victor or Salvatore when used as a male name.
Commonly used as a collective noun in the plural ('the Tories') to refer to the party as a whole.