Squattocracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class. Australia, historical, uncountable, usually

    "1862, Clara Aspinall, Three Years in Melbourne, 2010, Forgotten Books, page 235, Most of the Squattocracy are members of “The Club,” and therefore know who are the chief agreeable idlers (I mean gentlemen who are not oppressed with business) to whom to introduce a stranger."

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"1862, Clara Aspinall, Three Years in Melbourne, 2010, Forgotten Books, page 235, Most of the Squattocracy are members of “The Club,” and therefore know who are the chief agreeable idlers (I mean gentlemen who are not oppressed with business) to whom to introduce a stranger."

Etymology

From squat + -ocracy.

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