Tory (n.)

  1. an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution

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  2. a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs

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  3. a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative

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