"squirearchy" meaning in All languages combined

See squirearchy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: squirearchies [plural]
Etymology: From squire + -archy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|squire|archy}} squire + -archy Head templates: {{en-noun}} squirearchy (plural squirearchies)
  1. The landowning gentry. Synonyms: squirarchy Translations (landowning gentry): земевладелци (zemevladelci) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), landadel [common-gender] (Danish), landadel (Dutch), noblesse de provence [feminine] (French)

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