Tories

Cultural  

1. A political party in Britain, also called the Conservative party. In the late eighteenth century, the Tories took form as defenders of the king and stability and of established interests in Britain; they advised caution in making political and social change. Winston Churchill, Benjamin Disraeli, and Margaret Thatcher belonged to the party.

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Example Sentences

Over the course of nine years, the equivalent Westminster seat in East Renfrewshire passed from Labour to the SNP to the Tories, back to the SNP and then back to Labour.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Leger, a pollster based in Montreal, said this month that the Liberals enjoyed a 14-point lead over the Tories, and 58% of Canadians approved of the Carney administration’s performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Asked if he would poach any politicians from other parties, he said there were "a few good Tories in the SNP".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Labour drew working-class voters, and the Tories scooped up the aspirational middle class and the wealthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Even many of the Tories were talking like that, for the punishment fell equally heavily upon the King’s most loyal subjects in Boston and on the very ‘Indians’ who had tossed the tea overboard.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes