"Tories" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tories.wav [Southern-England] Forms: the Tories [canonical]
Etymology: Tory + -ies Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Tory|ies}} Tory + -ies Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun|head=the Tories}} the Tories
  1. (UK politics) The British Conservative Party Tags: UK Categories (topical): UK politics Coordinate_terms: Whigs, Grits
    Sense id: en-Tories-en-name-Pi0x4yt3 Topics: government, politics
  2. (Canadian politics) The Conservative Party of Canada or one of that party's predecessors, or provincial variants Tags: Canadian Categories (topical): Canadian politics
    Sense id: en-Tories-en-name-F9dWJpVQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ies Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 54 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ies: 37 56 7 Topics: government, politics

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tories.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Tory + -ies Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Tory|ies}} Tory + -ies Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} Tories
  1. plural of Tory Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Tory Synonyms: toreys [archaic], Toryes [archaic], Torys [archaic]
    Sense id: en-Tories-en-noun-XkPtnN6K

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