- Tory
- To·ry || 'tÉ”Ërɪ adj. of or pertaining to the 18th to early 19th century British political royalist group n. member of 18th to early 19th century British political royalist group
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tory — tory … Dictionnaire des rimes
tory — [ tɔri ] n. m. • 1704; mot angl. ♦ Membre du parti conservateur en Grande Bretagne. Les torys ou les tories. Adj. Le parti tory. N. m. TORYSME . ● tory adjectif Parti tory, parti qui défendit, en Angleterre, la tradition monarchique et anglicane… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Tory — (Mehrzahl: die Tories) bezeichnet eine konservative politische Gruppierung, die eine positive Haltung gegenüber der britischen Monarchie besitzt. Ursprünglich waren dies die Gegenspieler der liberalen Whigs in Großbritannien, die sich von einer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
tory — TÓRY s.m. Nume dat în trecut membrilor Partidului conservator englez. – cuv. engl. Trimis de LauraGellner, 28.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 tóry s. m. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic TÓRY s.m. invar. ( … Dicționar Român
tory — Voz inglesa con la que se designa popularmente al Partido Conservador de Gran Bretaña. En español se usa como adjetivo (‘del partido conservador de Gran Bretaña’): «Según las estadísticas, cada tres meses muere un diputado “tory”» (Mundo [Esp.]… … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
tory — / tɔ:ri/, it. / tɔri/ agg. e s. ingl. [prob. forma anglicizzata del gaelico irland. tōraidhe inseguitore ] (pl. tories ), usato in ital. come agg. e sost. ■ agg. (stor.) [del partito inglese, dal sec. 17° al 19°, di tendenza tradizionalista]… … Enciclopedia Italiana
Tory — (n.) 1566, an outlaw, specifically a robber, from Ir. toruighe plunderer, originally pursuer, searcher, from O.Ir. toirighim I pursue, related to toracht pursuit. About 1646, it emerged as a derogatory term for Irish Catholics dispossessed of… … Etymology dictionary
Tory — To ry, n.; pl. {Tories}. [ Properly used of the Irish bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause; hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tory — [tôr′ē] n. pl. Tories [Ir tōruidhe, robber, pursuer < tōir, to pursue; akin to Gael tōir, pursuit] 1. [sometimes t ] a) in the 17th cent., any of the dispossessed Irish who became outlaws, killed English settlers and soldiers, and lived by… … English World dictionary
Tory — To ry, a. Of or pertaining to the Tories. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tory — es el nombre con el que se denomina a quien pertenece o apoya al Partido Conservador inglés. En un principio, tenía connotaciones despectivas ya que procede de la palabra irlandesa thairide o tóraighe que significaba bandolero, asaltador de… … Wikipedia Español
