DCHP-1 Online
Tory ((adj.)) Hist. 
1 adj. of or having to do with the Tories (def. 2) of colonial times.
See also: Tory ((n.)) (def. 2)
- 1836 Under the auspices of a Tory House of Assembly, emigration was fertilizing our remotest townships, with an influx of settlers possessing intelligence, capital, and British feelings.
- 1963 Thus the Tory opposition felt they had grounds for objecting to the measure. . . .
2 adj. of or having to do with the Tories (def. 3).
See also: Tory ((n.)) (def. 3)
- 1890 Partyism is what is ruining this country. The Grit and Tory machines are always truckling to Rome. The N.P. is a fraud. What Canada wants is commercial unions.
- 1958 Tory Whip L. E. Cardiff later privately thanked Sinclair for his temporary silencing of Fulton.
- 1836 Under the auspices of a Tory House of Assembly, emigration was fertilizing our remotest townships, with an influx of settlers possessing intelligence, capital, and British feelings.