tory party
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Any of several centre-right groupings that historically existed in the UK Parliament between 1678 and the 1800s. Members of the Tory Party founded the modern Conservative Party.
British usage
name
The Conservative Party of Canada or any of that party's predecessors, or provincial variants.
Example Sentences
- "Mr Cleverly, the Chairman of the Tory Party, hit out at Philip Hammond following his announcement to not stand as Conservative MP in the December 12 election."
- "Following Theresa May’s departure, Tory party candidates running for prime minister appeared to agree that an investigation into the problem was needed, only to backtrack and give the nod instead to an investigation into all types of “prejudice and discrimination, including antisemitism.”"
- "When Harper became the leader of the CPC in 2004, the organization had only just come into existence, through a merger between an establishment Tory party and a populist upstart."
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
the Tory Party (canonical)
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
the British Conservative Party