[DOC] [TLE] Tory dictionary definition | Tory defined [PAR] Irish t?ruidhe, robber, pursuer ; from t?ir, to pursue; akin to Gaelic t?ir, pursuit ... 
Tory. noun. pl. Tories. a. A member of a British political party, founded in 1689,... [DOC] [TLE] Tory - Wiktionary [PAR] Etymology[edit]. From Irish tra   (pursuer), from tir   (pursuit). Pronunciation[
edit]. (UK) IPA: /ti/. Noun[edit]. Tory   (plural Tories). (Britain) A member or
... [DOC] [TLE] Tories | Define Tories at Dictionary.com [PAR] Tories definition, a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada. 
... toruighe "plunderer," originally "pursuer, searcher," from Old Irish toirighim "I... [DOC] [TLE] Tory - Encyclopedia.com [PAR] The term was originally applied to outlaws in Ireland and was adopted as a 
derogatory ... Tory now (in the UK) a member or supporter of the Conservative 
Party; originally, ... The name comes (in the mid 17th century, denoting Irish 
peasants ... Presumably  Ir. *traighe pursuer, implied in traigheachd pursuit, f
. tir pursue. [DOC] [TLE] Would a Tory by any other name smell the same? - The UK Politics Forum [PAR] The word Tory applied to members of the former Progressive Conservative ... 
They were opposed by Tories, from the Irish word toraidhe (literally, ... Members 
of the new party will be called Tories, whatever the party ultimately comes to ... 
not pursuer) and whatever it means elsewhere, if you ask aomeone... [DOC] [TLE] Monday 25 November 1661 (Pepys' Diary) [PAR] The word originally meant bogtrotters or wild Irish, and as Penn was ... on 
tuesday 20 March 1659/60: "So to the Bull Head whither W. Simons comes to us 
... extreme prerogatives of the crown; probably from Ir. toiridhe, tor, a pursuer; ... (
Eng.Politics) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive 
party (. [DOC] [TLE] Cultural Analysis, Volume 1, 2000: 'Young Ned of the Hill' and the ... [PAR] In 1989, the Pogues, an eclectic Irish folk/punk/rock band, included "Young Ned 
of the Hill," a song written by Ron Kavana and Pogues member Terry Woods, ... 
Irish poorthese men were outlawed and termed "rapparees" and "tories" by 
Crown ...... the earlier term, 'tory,' comes from the Irish trai , meaning "pursuer, 
raider. [DOC] [TLE] World history - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] Tory term for a member of the British Conservative party comes from Irish for "
pursuer". Yeomen of the Guard organized by King Henry VII in 1485, this unit of... [DOC] [TLE] Why is "Conservatives" shortened to "Tories"? - Intelligent Answers [PAR] From the ever fragrant Wikipedia (Tories page) comes: ... Conservative Party, 
whose members are sometimes still referred to as Tories.[1] ... About 1646, it 
emerged as a derogatory term for Irish Catholics ... After 1689, Tory was the 
name of a British political party at first composed of Yorkist Tories of 1680. [DOC] [TLE] Andrew Jackson | HistoryNet [PAR] Helped found the Democratic Party, first Democratic President ... He was a first-
generation American, the son of Irish immigrants. .... At the same time, many of 
his cabinet members thought he would be a one-term president and were trying 
to .... Many pro-British Tory barristers had fled the new nation, leaving a void in 
the... [DOC] [TLE] 1 'THE MEMBER FOR LISBURN  FRENCH, NOT ENGLISH' Dennis ... [PAR] From 1874 to 1880 his friend Disraeli headed a Conservative ... Sir Charles Dilke 
was the coming man of the Liberal Party. ... Rule League was founded in 1874 
and became the Irish Parliamentary Party. From 1874 ... members of the British 
aristocracy. ..... exchange rather than the race course - and a pursuer of 
mistresses. [DOC] [TLE] Frank Harte and Dnal Lunny - Musical Traditions [PAR] Jul 10, 2001 ... Now, the importance of all of the foregoing comes into focus

Question: This term for a member of the British Conservative party comes from Irish for "pursuer"
Answer: Tory