squirearchy
or squir·ar·chy
the collective body of squires or landed gentry of a country.
the social, economic, and political class formed by the landed gentry.
Origin of squirearchy
1Other words from squirearchy
- squire·ar·chal, squire·ar·chi·cal, adjective
Words Nearby squirearchy
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How to use squirearchy in a sentence
A league was now formed by the bureaucracy, the orthodox clergy, the provincial squirearchy, and some of the proletariat.
The Prussian Terror | Alexandre DumasAre the coronets of the nobility to be put up to sale like the acres of the squirearchy?
Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) | Charles James LeverHe sketched out a system by which this new squirearchy was to be dealt with,—how courted, flattered, and rewarded.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) | Charles James LeverHe had been made to understand clearly that it would be better that he should not enter in upon his squirearchy early in life.
The American Senator | Anthony TrollopeA few years since some of the most strenuous opponents of railways were to be found among the squirearchy.
Old Roads and New Roads | William Bodham Donne
British Dictionary definitions for squirearchy
squirarchy
/ (ˈskwaɪəˌrɑːkɪ) /
government by squires
squires collectively, esp as a political or social force
Origin of squirearchy
1Derived forms of squirearchy
- squirearchal, squirarchal, squirearchical or squirarchical, adjective
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