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SQUIREARCHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squirearchy mean?
• SQUIREARCHY (noun)
The noun SQUIREARCHY has 1 sense:
1. the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
Familiarity information: SQUIREARCHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The gentry who own land (considered as a class)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
landed gentry; squirearchy
Hypernyms ("squirearchy" is a kind of...):
aristocracy; gentry (the most powerful members of a society)
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