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acreocracy

UK/eɪkəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

acreocracy noun: important landowners, considered as a class.

Noun

acreocracy (uncountable)

  1. Important landowners, considered as a class.
    • The Acre-ocracy of England: A list of all owners of three thousand acres and upwards.1876, John Bateman, (title)
    • This acreocracy, like all Welsh social groups, was deeply riven with profound internal divisions.2005, Russell Davies, Hope and Heartbreak, page 93
  2. The land owned by such people.
    • We'd been two years on our Pedernales acreocracy, not far from Fredericksburg, when our neighbor had two horses stolen in broad daylight.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 13

Origin of acreocracy

From acre + -ocracy.

Questions about acreocracy

What does acreocracy mean?
Acreocracy means important landowners, considered as a class.
What part of speech is acreocracy?
Acreocracy is a noun.
How do you pronounce acreocracy?
Acreocracy is pronounced /eɪkəˈɹɒkɹəsi/ (UK).

Words near acreocracy in the dictionary

  1. acreman
  2. acrembolic
  3. acremen
  4. acremonia
  5. acremonium
  6. acreocracy
  7. acres
  8. acresful
  9. Acri
  10. acribic
  11. acrichin

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