TORY

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
n.

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

3.
a.

Of ro pertaining to the Tories.


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