Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)The landowning gentry.

More definitions
  • the gentry who own land (considered as a class)

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From squire + -archy.

From squire + -archy.

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Forms

plural: squirearchies

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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