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squiralty

/ˈskwaɪɹəlti/

squiralty noun: the land-owning gentry; the squirearchy.

Noun

squiralty (usually uncountable, plural squiralties)

  1. (historical, usually) The land-owning gentry; the squirearchy.
    • that such weight and influence be put thereby into the hands of the squiralty of my kingdom1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]

Forms of squiralty

pluralsquiralties

Origin of squiralty

From squire + -al + -ty.

Questions about squiralty

What does squiralty mean?
Squiralty means the land-owning gentry; the squirearchy.
What part of speech is squiralty?
Squiralty is a noun.
How do you pronounce squiralty?
Squiralty is pronounced /ˈskwaɪɹəlti/.
What is the plural of squiralty?
The plural of squiralty is squiralties.

Words near squiralty in the dictionary

  1. squipper
  2. squippers
  3. squir
  4. squirage
  5. squiralties
  6. squiralty
  7. squirarch
  8. squirarchal
  9. squirarchical
  10. squirarchies
  11. squirarchs

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