Squirearchy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Squirarchy \Squir"arch*y\ (-[y^]), n. [Squire + -archy.]
     The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.
     [Written also {squirearchy}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  squirearchy
       n : the gentry who own land (considered as a class) [syn: {landed
           gentry}]