Tories

Tories

See also: tories

English

Alternative forms

• toreys (archaic)
• Toryes (archaic)
• Torys (archaic)

Etymology

Tory +‎ -ies

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

Tories

1. plural of Tory

Proper noun

Tories

1. (UK 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. (Canadian politics) The Conservative Party of Canada or one of that party's predecessors, or provincial variants

Coordinate terms

(UK):

• Whigs

(Canada):

• Grits

Anagrams

• Sortie, Storie, oister, restio, sortie, storie, tiroes, triose, œstri