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Tories¹

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From Tory + -ies.

noun toreys · Toryes · Torys

  1. plural plural of Tory

proper noun the Tories · toreys · Toryes · Torys

  1. UK The British Conservative Party 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 The Conservative Party of Canada or one of that party's predecessors, or provincial variants

tories²

noun

  1. plural plural of tory

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: conservatives, curators, rightists, right-wingers, traditionalists, reactionaries, royalists, diehards, ultras, loyalists, monarchists, establishmentarians, old-guard, unionists, tory party, conservative

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@misc{tories_2026,
  title = {tories},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tories},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}