squirearchal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

squirearchy +‎ -al

Adjective[edit]

squirearchal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to squirearchy.
    • 2008 April 20, Robert F. Moss, “And You’ll Be a Man, My Son”, in New York Times[1]:
      The film tells the story of Jack’s induction and military training; depicts the Kiplings’ squirearchal lifestyle at Bateman’s, their Jacobean manor house in Sussex; and explores the family tensions over Jack’s brave but foolhardy enlistment.