SQUIREARCHY


Meaning of SQUIREARCHY in English

/ ˈskwaɪərɑːki; NAmE -ɑːrki/ noun

[ C +sing./pl. v . ] (in the past in England) the people of high social status who owned large areas of land, considered as a social or political group

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: from squire , on the pattern of words such as hierarchy .

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