Tory
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
专有名词
英 /ˈtɔː.ɹi/
美 /ˈtoɹ.i/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church.
- One who is like a British Tory; someone politically conservative.
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A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
— The latest Tory budget continued the trend begun in 2000 by making further small cuts in family income taxes.
- A member of the political factions that sought to prevent the exclusion of James, Duke of York, from the throne of England in the 17th century.
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An Irish rebel fighting against English rule at the end of the Confederate War and Cromwellian invasion; later extended to other rebels or bandits.
— Ho! Master Teague, what is your story? / I went to the wood and kill’d a tory; / […] I hunted him in, and I hunted him out, / Three times through the bog, about and about; / When out of a bush I saw his head, / So I fired my gun, and I shot him dead.
- A loyal British subject during the American Revolution.
- A Union sympathizer in the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
形容词 adj.
- Of or belonging to the Tory Party or the Conservative Party.
- Of or belonging to the Conservative Party of Canada, one of that party's predecessors, or an affiliated provincial political party.
专有名词
- A female given name.
- Ellipsis of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.
- A male given name.
词形变化
词源
词源 1
From Irish tóraí (“pursuer”), from tóir (“pursuit”). The first recorded use in English is from a 1646 letter by James Butler, Earl of Ormond, to a Colonel O'Brien, describing bandits and thieves on main roadways.
词源 2
Short for Victoria when used as a female name, and for Victor or Salvatore when used as a male name.
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