TORIES
\tˈɔːɹɪz], \tˈɔːɹɪz], \t_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ_z]\
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(See Loyalists.) The name Tory had been employed in England from 1679 to designate those who were desirous to increase the power of the king. The term had become odious by reason of the Jacobite conspiracies, and was revived in America as a term of reproach.
By John Franklin Jameson