squattocracy
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of squattocracy
C19: from squatter + -cracy
Example Sentences
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The Minister for Lands, Mr. C. B. Dutton—himself 105 a large squatter—recognised the desirability of creating such a class, which would stand in the same relation to the "squattocracy" that the yeomen of Britain do to the large landowners.
From Project Gutenberg
For England's "county" aristocracy, Australia substituted its own "squattocracy"�men who had carved out for themselves sheep or cattle stations the size of Maryland and sent their sons to Cambridge or Oxford.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was here that the squattocracy was first successfully attacked.
From Project Gutenberg
The Bossiers and Beechams were leaders of swelldom among the squattocracy up the country, and firm and intimate friends.
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