squirearchy

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Etymology

From squire +‎ -archy.[1]

Noun

squirearchy (plural squirearchies)

  1. (historical) The landowning gentry.
    • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 3, in Babbitt:
      Now, as one of the squirearchy, greeted with honorable salutations by the villagers, he marched into his office, and peace and dignity were upon him, and the morning's dissonances all unheard.
    • 1930 , G. G. Coulton, The Medieval Scene: An Informal Introduction to the Middle Ages, 2000, Dover, page 37,
      We may characterise medieval village government not unfairly as squirearchy, though often a benevolent squirearchy enough, just as the squirearchy of the eighteenth century was often benevolent also.
    • 1972, James A. Burkhart, Samuel Krislov, Raymond Lawrence Lee, American Government: the Clash of Issues, Prentice-Hall, page 92:
      For many years a combination of rural squirearchies and business interests held tight control of most state capitols.

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References

  1. ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

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