Tories

noun, plural Tories for 1–5.
1.
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
2.
a member of a political party in Great Britain from the late 17th century to about 1832 that favored royal authority over Parliament and the preservation of the existing social and political order: succeeded by the Conservative party.
3.
(often lowercase) an advocate of conservative principles; one opposed to reform or radicalism.
4.
a person who supported the British cause in the American Revolution; a loyalist.
5.
(in the 17th century) a dispossessed Irishman who resorted to banditry, especially after the invasion of Oliver Cromwell and suppression of the royalist cause (1649–52).
6.
a male or female given name.
adjective
7.
of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Tories.
8.
being a Tory.
9.
(sometimes lowercase) opposed to reform or radicalism; conservative.
noun (pl) -ries
1.
a member or supporter of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada
2.
a member of the English political party that opposed the exclusion of James, Duke of York from the royal succession (1679–80). Tory remained the label for subsequent major conservative interests until they gave birth to the Conservative Party in the 1830s
3.
an American supporter of the British cause; loyalist Compare Whig
4.
(sometimes not capital) an ultraconservative or reactionary
5.
(in the 17th century) an Irish Roman Catholic, esp an outlaw who preyed upon English settlers
adjective
6.
of, characteristic of, or relating to Tories
7.
(sometimes not capital) ultraconservative or reactionary

Tories definition

A political party in Britain, also called the Conservative party. In the late eighteenth century, the Tories took form as defenders of the king and stability and of established interests in Britain; they advised caution in making political and social change. Winston Churchill, Benjamin Disraeli, and Margaret Thatcher belonged to the party.