squirearchy
squirearchy noun: the landowning gentry.
Noun
squirearchy (plural squirearchies)
- The landowning gentry.
- Now, as one of the squirearchy, greeted with honorable salutations by the villagers, he marched into his office, and peace and dignity were upon him, and the morning's dissonances all unheard.1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 3, in Babbitt
- 1930 [Cambridge University Press], G. G. Coulton, The Medieval Scene: An Informal Introduction to the Middle Ages, 2000, Dover, page 37,
We may characterise medieval village government not unfairly as squirearchy, though often a benevolent squirearchy enough, just as the squirearchy of the...
Forms of squirearchy
| plural | squirearchies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | squirarchy |
Origin of squirearchy
From squire + -archy.
Words formed from squirearchy
Questions about squirearchy
- What does squirearchy mean?
- Squirearchy means the landowning gentry.
- What part of speech is squirearchy?
- Squirearchy is a noun.
- What is the plural of squirearchy?
- The plural of squirearchy is squirearchies.
Words near squirearchy in the dictionary
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