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TORY
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Chief.
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American, Australian, British, English, Latin, Scottish, Swedish
Victory; Derived from Victoria Triumphant; Conqueror
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American, Australian, British, Dutch, English, Irish, Scottish
Watchtower; Winner; From the Craggy Hills; Tower; Victory; Castle
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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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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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From the knolls.
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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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Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Sword Fighter
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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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Scottish
Derived from Victoria 'triumphant.
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n.
The principles of the Tories.
a.
Of ro pertaining to the Tories.
n.
Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
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.
superl.
Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
pl.
of Tory
n.
A friend and supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to Tory, and Royalist.
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.
n.
One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.
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.
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Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig.