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Tory

/ˈtoɹ.i/ sustantivo C2

En español: tory, conservador

  1. One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative.
  2. A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
  3. A member of the political factions that sought to prevent the exclusion of James, Duke of York, from the throne of England in the 17th century.
  4. An Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits.
  5. A loyal British subject during the American Revolution. (US)
  6. A Union sympathizer in the Confederate States during the American Civil War. (US)

Plural Tories

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Lynde wanted to know what else you could expect with a Tory superintendent of education at the head of affairs, and Matthew, noting Anne’s paleness and indifference and the lagging steps that bore her home from the post office every afternoon, began seriously to wonder if he hadn’t better vote Grit at the next election.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 272 · C1

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