acreocracy
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3ADJ.
all, far
ACREOCRACY + NOUN
welsh
PREP.
from, on
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noun
Important landowners, considered as a class.
The Acre-ocracy of England: A list of all owners of three thousand acres and upwards.
This acreocracy, like all Welsh social groups, was deeply riven with profound internal divisions.
The land owned by such people.
We'd been two years on our Pedernales acreocracy, not far from Fredericksburg, when our neighbor had two horses stolen in broad daylight.
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3The Acre-ocracy of England: A list of all owners of three thousand acres and upwards.
WiktionaryThis acreocracy, like all Welsh social groups, was deeply riven with profound internal divisions.
WiktionaryWe'd been two years on our Pedernales acreocracy, not far from Fredericksburg, when our neighbor had two horses stolen in broad daylight.
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