Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Tory

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Tory


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(1):

(n.) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.

(2):

(a.) Of ro pertaining to the Tories.

(3):

(n.) One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.