Tory

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Of ro pertaining to the Tories.

II. Tory ·noun One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.

III. Tory ·noun 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.

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