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TORY
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American, Australian, British, English, Latin, Scottish, Swedish
Victory; Derived from Victoria Triumphant; Conqueror
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Irish
Meaning “â€iron.â€â€ The name is often linked with Ernest, a Germanic word meaning “â€vigor.â€â€ The name of sixteen Irish saints, St. Eirnin is the patron saint of Tory, an island off the coast of County Donegal.
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Irish
Meaning “â€iron.â€â€ The name is often linked with Ernest, a Germanic word meaning “â€vigor.â€â€ The name of sixteen Irish saints, St. Eirnin is the patron saint of Tory, an island off the coast of County Donegal.
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Irish
Chief.
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American, Australian, British, Dutch, English, Irish, Scottish
Watchtower; Winner; From the Craggy Hills; Tower; Victory; Castle
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Irish American Celtic English Scottish
From the knolls.
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Scottish
Derived from Victoria 'triumphant.
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Irish
Meaning “â€iron.â€â€ The name is often linked with Ernest, a Germanic word meaning “â€vigor.â€â€ The name of sixteen Irish saints, St. Eirnin is the patron saint of Tory, an island off the coast of County Donegal.
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Muslim
Sword fighter
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English
English : variant of Sumpter.Fort Sumter, SC, was named in honor of Thomas Sumter, known as the ‘Gamecock of the Revolution’ for the fear he inspired in the British and Tory forces and the pivotal role he played in key American victories. Born in 1734 near Charlottesville, VA, he was of Welsh heritage; his ancestors probably emigrated to America in the late 17th century.
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Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Sword Fighter
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Norse
Name of a smith.
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Hindu, Indian
Prear
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Hindu, Indian
One of the Indian Raag or Taal
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Arabic
Recreation; Amusement
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Arabic, Muslim
Care
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Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Halfdanr, HÃLFDAN means "half Dane."
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Spanish
Jove's child.
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Indian, Sanskrit
Mighty; Powerful
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Italian
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Cæcilius, CECILIO means "blind."
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English
English : variant of Field.
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n.
Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
pl.
of Tory
a.
Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig.
n.
The principles of the Tories.
n.
A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.
superl.
Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
n.
One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics. See the note under Tory.
n.
A friend and supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to Tory, and Royalist.
v. t.
To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like.
a.
Of ro pertaining to the Tories.
n.
One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.