- Squirearchy
- (noun), squire + hierarchyпоместное дворянство
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Squirearchy
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squirearchy — [skwīr′är kē] n. [ SQUIRE + ARCHY, after HIERARCHY] country gentry or landed proprietors collectively: also sp. squirarchy … English World dictionary
squirearchy — Squirarchy Squir arch*y ( [y^]), n. [Squire + archy.] The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively. [Written also {squirearchy}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squirearchy — also squirarchy noun (plural chies) Date: 1796 the class of landed gentry or landed proprietors … New Collegiate Dictionary
squirearchy — squirearchal, squirearchical, adj. /skwuyeur ahr kee/, n., pl. squirearchies. 1. the collective body of squires or landed gentry of a country. 2. the social, economic, and political class formed by the landed gentry. Also, squirarchy. [1795 1805; … Universalium
squirearchy — noun The land owning gentry … Wiktionary
squirearchy — government by squires Forms of Government … Phrontistery dictionary
squirearchy — squire·ar·chy || skwaɪərÉ‘Ëkɪ n. squirarchy, main rural landowners as a group, class of landed proprietors; gentry of a country (in a collective manner) … English contemporary dictionary
squirearchy — [ skwʌɪəˌrα:ki] noun (plural squirearchies) landowners collectively. Derivatives squirearch noun squirearchical adjective Origin C18: from squire, on the pattern of words such as hierarchy … English new terms dictionary
squirearchy — squire·ar·chy … English syllables
squirearchy — squire•ar•chy or squir•ar•chy [[t]ˈskwaɪər ɑr ki[/t]] n. pl. chies gov the class of squires or landed gentry of a country • Etymology: 1795–1805 … From formal English to slang
squirearchy — Rulership by the landed gentry … Grandiloquent dictionary
