squiralty

English

Etymology

From squire +‎ -al +‎ -ty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskwaɪɹəlti/

Noun

squiralty (usually uncountable, plural squiralties)

1. (historical) The land-owning gentry; the squirearchy.
   • 1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]:

     that such weight and influence be put thereby into the hands of the squiralty of my kingdom

References

• “squiralty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.