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codfish aristocracies

codfish aristocracies is the plural of codfish aristocracy.

Meaning of codfish aristocracy

Noun

codfish aristocracy (countable and uncountable, plural codfish aristocracies)

  1. (New-England) New-money families who gained their wealth from cod fisheries.
    • But the war [the American Civil War] had also industrialized northern economies, and New England, a key player in the American industrial revolution, became much less dependent on its fisheries. The old merchant families moved their money into industry. The term codfish aristocracy was now used by...1997, Mark Kurlansky, “Chapter 6: A Cod War Heard 'Round the World”, in Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Walker, →ISBN

Questions about codfish aristocracies

What is codfish aristocracies the plural of?
Codfish aristocracies is the plural of codfish aristocracy.

Words near codfish aristocracies in the dictionary

  1. codewords
  2. codework
  3. codex
  4. codexes
  5. codfish
  6. codfish aristocracies
  7. codfish aristocracy
  8. codfisher
  9. codfisheries
  10. codfisherman
  11. codfishermen

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