squirearchy

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

squire=ar=chy

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun squirearchy has 1 sense

squirearchy(n = noun.group) landed gentry - the gentry who own land (considered as a class); Array

is a kind of aristocracy, gentry

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

squirearchy, n. (also squirarchy) (pl. -ies) landowners collectively, esp. as a class having political or social influence; a class or body of squires.

Etymology

SQUIRE, after HIERARCHY etc.

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