Tories

See also: tories

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Tory +‎ -ies.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Tories

1. plural of Tory

Proper noun

the 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

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