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-tory
1- a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, originally adjectival derivatives of agent nouns ending in -tor ( predatory ); also forming adjectival derivatives directly from verbs ( obligatory; transitory ).
-tory
2- a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, usually derivatives from agent nouns ending in -tor or directly from verbs, denoting a place or object appropriate for the activity of the verb: dormitory; repository .
Tory
3[ tawr-ee, tohr-ee ]
noun
- a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- a member of a political party in Great Britain from the late 17th century to about 1832 that favored royal authority over Parliament and the preservation of the existing social and political order: succeeded by the Conservative party.
- (often lowercase) an advocate of conservative principles; one opposed to reform or radicalism.
- a person who supported the British cause in the American Revolution; a loyalist.
- (in the 17th century) a dispossessed Irishman who resorted to banditry, especially after the invasion of Oliver Cromwell and suppression of the royalist cause (1649–52).
- a male or female given name.
adjective
- of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Tories.
- being a Tory.
- (sometimes lowercase) opposed to reform or radicalism; conservative.
Tory
/ ˈɔːɪ /
noun
- a member or supporter of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada
- a member of the English political party that opposed the exclusion of James, Duke of York from the royal succession (1679–80). Tory remained the label for subsequent major conservative interests until they gave birth to the Conservative Party in the 1830s
- an American supporter of the British cause; loyalist Compare Whig
- sometimes not capital an ultraconservative or reactionary
- (in the 17th century) an Irish Roman Catholic, esp an outlaw who preyed upon English settlers
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or relating to Tories
- sometimes not capital ultraconservative or reactionary
Derived Forms
- ˈմǰ⾱, adjective
- ˈմǰ⾱, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of -tory3
Word History and Origins
Origin of -tory1
Example Sentences
They claimed that footage where they appeared to say "the only good Tory is a dead Tory" had been "taken out of all context", and apologised for the hurt caused to the families of murdered MPs Jo Cox and Sir David Amess.
The discovery of the concert video in which the band shouted "the only good Tory is a dead Tory" and advised the audience to "kill your local MP" shocked the political establishment, with counter-terrorism police reviewing the footage.
"I doubt that they really wanted someone to go out and kill a Tory MP, but if you say those words… then the risk of someone acting on those words is there."
"ever your democratic politics, whether you're a Tory, Labour, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist, whatever, there is no excuse to incitement of violence against members of parliament or against civilians, and that should be something that we can all agree on," he added.
Those comments were described as "reprehensible" by the dean of the faculty of advocates and sparked a Tory attempt to remove the Green MSP from the committee.
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