squattocracy
squattocracy noun: wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class.
Noun
squattocracy (usually uncountable, plural squattocracies)
- Wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class.
- Most of the Squattocracy are members of “The Club,” and therefore know who are the chief agreeable idlers (I mean gentlemen who are not oppressed with business) to whom to introduce a stranger.1862, Clara Aspinall, Three Years in Melbourne, 2010, Forgotten Books, page 235
- They held respected positions and wielded power in country towns, but in the wider district the pastoral squattocracy was still considered powerful and important. That attentive second echelon of society liked, where possible, to be seen to be associated with the squattocracy.2005, Rosamond Siemon, The Eccentric Mr Wienholt, University of Queensland Press, page 206
Forms of squattocracy
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Origin of squattocracy
From squat + -ocracy.
Questions about squattocracy
- What does squattocracy mean?
- Squattocracy means wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class.
- What part of speech is squattocracy?
- Squattocracy is a noun.
- What is the plural of squattocracy?
- The plural of squattocracy is squattocracies.
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