(A cant term, derived, I suppose, from an Irish word signifying a savage.) One who adheres to the antient constitution of the state, and the apostolical hierarchy of the church of England, opposed to a whig.
"The knight is more a tory in the country than the town, because it more advances his interest."
-Addison.
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