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squiredom

[skwahyuh r-duh m]

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noun

the squirearchy.

the position or status of a squire.

Origin of squiredom

First recorded in 1640–50; squire + -dom

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for squiredom

Historical Examples of squiredom

Mr. Fortescue, a tall, powerfully-built specimen of English squiredom, shrugged his shoulders unseen by his wife.
Dorothy's Double
G. A. Henty
The Squiredom of Ireland was the favourite profession of busy idleness, worthless activity, and festive folly.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 424, February 1851
Various
It appealed also to that sense of common human life, which is the fine flower of squiredom.
The Honour of the Clintons
Archibald Marshall