Tory Party

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Tory Party

proper noun the Tory Party

UK, historical Any of several centre-right groupings that historically existed in the UK Parliament between 1678 and the 1800s. Members of the Tory Party founded the modern Conservative Party.
UK Synonym of the British Conservative Party. Mr Cleverly, the Chairman of the Tory Party, hit out at Philip Hammond following his announcement to not stand as Conservative MP in the December 12 election.
Similar: the British Conservative Party
Canadian The Conservative Party of Canada or any of that party's predecessors, or provincial variants. When Harper became the leader of the CPC in 2004, the organization had only just come into existence, through a merger between an establishment Tory party and a populist upstart.

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@misc{tory_party_2026,
  title = {Tory Party},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tory%20party},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}