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Definition :

Tory, originally a nickname for the wild Irish in Ulster. An Act of the Irish Parliament for 'better suppressing tories, robbers, and rapparees,' 7 Wm. 3, c. 21, is repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1878. Afterwards given to, and adopted by, one of the great parliamentary parties. see WHIG.