Conservative party

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noun

a political party in Great Britain founded about 1832 as successor to the Tory party and characterized by moderate progressivism.

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How to use Conservative party in a sentence

Margaret Thatcher had served under the Heath regime as Education Secretary and witnessed the miners topple the Conservative Party.
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They passed not weak-tea gun laws, but a comprehensive package (passed by their Conservative Party).
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In Britain, the governing Conservative Party has promised a referendum on leaving the European Union altogether.
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Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party, has become deeply entangled in the debate surrounding News Corp.
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This is the week of the Conservative Party conference in the city of Manchester.
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Who was it but its founder, that led the Conservative party through these successive stages of triumph?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
As usual when ministers were at issue with their Radical supporters, the Conservative party took no prominent share in the debate.
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On the one hand, the Conservative party had been for some time increasing in numbers throughout the country.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
It was clear, indeed, that the Conservative party at this period stood the highest in the estimation of the people.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The Conservative Party has always stood quite definitely for the established propertied interests.
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British Dictionary definitions for Conservative party

Conservative Party

noun

(in Britain) the major right-wing party, which developed from the Tories in the 1830s. It advocates a mixed economy, and encourages property owning and free enterpriseIn full: Conservative and Unionist Party

(in Canada) short for Progressive Conservative Party

(in other countries) any of various political parties generally opposing change

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