Tory

tō′ri, n. a Conservative in English politics—a term since 1830 largely superseded by Conservative, but since 1880 a good deal revived in the sense frequently of a non-conservative Conservative.— v.t. Tō′rify , to infect with Tory principles.— n. Tō′ryism , the principles of the Tories. [Ir. to irid he , a pursuer; first applied to the Irish bog-trotters and robbers; next, about 1680, to the most hot-headed a erters of the royal prerogative.]