Tory

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( 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.

(2): ( a.) Of ro pertaining to the Tories.

(3): ( n.) One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

The old name for a Conservative in politics, generally of very decided type; originally denoted an Irish robber of the English in Ireland.