Conservative Party

English

Alternative forms

• Conservative party

Proper noun

the Conservative Party

1. (UK politics) A centre-right political party, official full name Conservative and Unionist Party, informally known as the Tory Party or Tories.

   Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Conservative Party, was Britain's first female Prime Minister.

2. (Canadian politics) Clipping of Progressive Conservative Party.
3. (Canadian politics) Clipping of Conservative Party of Canada.

Related terms

• conservative, Conservative, Conservatives
• conservatism, Conservatism
• big-C conservative
• small-c conservative

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 保守黨 / 保守党 (bou² sau² dong²)

  Mandarin: 保守黨 / 保守党 (zh) (Bǎoshǒudǎng)

• Cornish: Parti Gwithadorek m
• Finnish: konservatiivipuolue (fi)
• French: Parti conservateur
• Galician: partido conservador m
• Georgian: კონსერვატიული პარტია (ḳonservaṭiuli ṗarṭia)
• German: konservative Partei f
• Japanese: 保守党 (ja) (ほしゅとう, hoshūtō)
• Malay: Parti Konservatif
• Romanian: Partid Conservator n
• Russian: консервати́вная па́ртия f (konservatívnaja pártija)

See also

• (Canada, Britain): Tory, Tories, Tory Party
• (Canada): Grit, Grits
• liberal, Liberal, Liberal Party
• Labour, Labourite, Labour Party
• Whig, whig, Whig Party
• progressive, Progressive, Progressive Party

Further reading

• conservative-party.org.uk at archive.org
• “Conservative Party”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Conservative Party”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “the Conservative Party” (US) / “the Conservative Party” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.