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squirearchy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | landed gentry |
| Type of | aristocracy, gentry |
Examples of squirearchy
squirearchy
Until 1945 the rule of the squirearchy was unchallenged in North Yorkshire.
From the guardian.co.uk
Arias'economic reforms were dimly viewed by the Donmatias squirearchy.
From the time.com
These people were central to the squirearchy that ruled rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The second category of England's country houses are those that belonged to the squirearchy or gentry.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Across the Potomac, his Democratic squirearchy firmly ruled the Old Dominion, where Byrd started his career in the state sen ate 50 years ago this month.
From the time.com
Sir Tony said he was pleasantly amazed that in the 21st century it was still possible to find the squirearchy represented thus on the Tory benches.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The hotel was occupied not only by the representatives of the town's merchant classes and the local squirearchy, but by sixty or more armed soldiers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Since it runs a course from the Boer War to Dunkirk and sticks to a small rural valley and about 100 characters, it may well be the swan-song novel of England's squirearchy.
From the time.com
It was natural for the British incomers to assume that the zamindari of northern India were a kind of local squirearchy, although there were important differences.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Landed gentry: the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
- Landed gentry is a traditional British social class consisting of "gentlemen" in the original sense; that is, those who owned land in the form of country estates to such an extent that they were not required to work except in an administrative capacity on their own lands. ...
- The land-owning gentry
