squiredom

American  

[skwahyuhr-duhm] / ˈskwaɪər dəm /

noun

1. the squirearchy.

2. the position or status of a squire.

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Etymology

Origin of squiredom

First recorded in 1640–50; squire + -dom

Example Sentences

But equally plainly there are squires, and squiredom has its point, of which I may as well make the most.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor

Mr. Fortescue, a tall, powerfully-built specimen of English squiredom, shrugged his shoulders unseen by his wife.

From Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

McNiven remembered Jim Dyckman's ancient squiredom to Charity and his recent telephony and he said to himself, "Aha!"

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

It appealed also to that sense of common human life, which is the fine flower of squiredom.

From The Honour of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald

It could not be hid, and it looked down superciliously upon the little squiredom of Craig Ronald, as well as upon farms and cottages a many.

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)