Squirearchy
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The landowning gentry. historical
"Now, as one of the squirearchy, greeted with honorable salutations by the villagers, he marched into his office, and peace and dignity were upon him, and the morning's dissonances all unheard."
- 2 the gentry who own land (considered as a class) wordnet
Example
More examples"Now, as one of the squirearchy, greeted with honorable salutations by the villagers, he marched into his office, and peace and dignity were upon him, and the morning's dissonances all unheard."
Etymology
From squire + -archy.
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