| 单词 | Tory |
| 释义 | Word Frequency Tory(ˈtɔːrɪ) nounWord forms: plural -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 Derived forms Toryish (ˈToryish) adjective Toryism (ˈToryism) noun Word origin C17: from Irish tōraidhe outlaw, from Middle Irish tōir pursuit |
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