| 单词 | tory democrat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTory Democrat Tory Democrat n. a person who is both a Tory and a democrat in political outlook; spec. (a) an adherent or supporter of Tory Democracy; (b) a member or supporter of the Democratic Party in the United States who has a conservative outlook or traditionalist principles (now rare). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Toryism or conservatism > a Tory or conservative > types of tantivy1680 roary1681 high Tory1706 high-flying Tory1708 Tory Democrat1805 Tory-Radical1834 neo-Tory1865 wet1980 dry1983 1805 ‘C. Caustic’ Democracy Unveiled (ed. 3) II. 169 Wilson is a tory Democrat, of Worcester, Massachusetts, advanced to office by the present administration. 1838 Examiner 29 Apr. 259/3 Now that we hear of Tory Democrats we may expect soon to hear of honest thieves. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 2/2 Recommended..to the electors..on the ground that he is a ‘Tory Democrat’, in which hybrid political creature it is roundly declared ‘there is really more of true, old-fashioned Liberalism than in the Liberal Party to-day’. 1992 Vanity Fair June 116/2 After Connally announced his jump to the Republicans, Nixon, hoped, he would be followed by millions of other Tory Democrats estranged from the party of George McGovern. < as lemmas |
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