单词 | squattocracy |
释义 | squattocracyn. The class of squatters as a body possessed of social and political importance. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups stratocracy1652 Praetorian Guard1735 oligarchy1823 vampirarchy1823 hierocracy1828 gerontocracy1830 Whigocracy1831 plantocracy1839 mediocracy1845 squattocracy1846 snobocracy1853 pedantocracy1856 foolocracy1859 thugocracy1896 pigmentocracy1949 xenocracy1965 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep-farmer > collectively squattocracy1846 squatterdomc1866 squatterarchy1881 1846 C. P. Hodgson Reminisc. Austral. 118 Throughout the colony generally, English are the most numerous, then the Scotch, then the Irish, amongst the squattocracy. 1864 Sat. Rev. 19 Nov. 616 The aristocratic element of a large landed proprietary, which is already designated by the ingenious colonial title of a squattocracy. 1886 R. C. Praed Miss Jacobsen's Chance I. i. 7 Female members of the squattocracy. Derivatives ˈsquattocratic adj. of or pertaining to the squattocracy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [adjective] squattocratic1854 meritocratic1958 meritocrat1960 1854 Melbourne Morning Herald 18 Feb. 4/5 Squattocratic Impudence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1846 |
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