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squirearchy
squire·ar·chy [ skwr rkee ] or squir·ar·chy [ skwr rkee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
landed gentry: the main rural landowners collectively, especially the social, economic, or political class formed by such landed proprietors
[Late 18th century. <squire + hierarchy]

squire·ar·chal [ skwīr rk'l ] adjective
squire·ar·chic [ skwīr rkik ] adjective
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