| 单词 | tory unionist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTory Unionist c. With other adjectives and nouns denoting political identities, with the sense ‘that is both (a) Tory and (a) ——’, as in Tory Jacobite, Tory Unionist, Tory Williamite, etc. See also Tory-Radical adj. and n. ΚΠ 1691 Kitchin-maids Answer to London Apprentice's Word 8 This manner of Judging was more becoming a Dissenter from our Church..or a Tory Jacobite. 1697 T. Rokeby Diary in Notes & Gleanings (1889) 15 Nov. 172/1 Mr. Ratcliff, sheriff of Devonshire, is a Tory-Williamite. 1727 Weekly Jrnl. 28 Jan. A letter from his Catholic majesty to the Tory Jacobites of Great Britain. 1834 Figaro in London 5 Apr. 54/1 There is, however, one chance for the Tory Unionists. 1958 Spectator 8 Aug. 198/2 Are they now Sound Money men, after thirteen years of Tory-Socialist inflation? 1983 B. M. Walker in S. Clarke & J. S. Donnelly Irish Peasants vi. 261 The social and religious character of Tory Unionist M.P.s was unchanged from 1881. < as lemmas |
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