Tories

See also: tories

English

Etymology

Tory +‎ -ies

Alternative forms
  • toreys (archaic)
  • Toryes (archaic)
  • Torys (archaic)

Noun

Tories

  1. plural of Tory

Proper noun

Tories

  1. (Britain, politics) The British Conservative Party
    • 2011 Philip Gould, "The Unfinished Revolution: How New Labour Changed British Politics":
      Helped by massive tax increases piled on to the electorate by the Tories in their first post-election budget, we slowly began to win the battle.
  2. (Canada, politics) The Conservative Party of Canada or one of that party's predecessors, or provincial variants

Coordinate terms

(UK):

(Canada):

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.