squirearch, n. (and a.)
(ˈskwaɪərɑːk)
[Back-formation from squirearchy1, after monarch, etc.]
A member of the squirearchy; a squire as a local magnate.
| 1831 Lytton E. Aram ii. ii, The wealthier but less honoured squirearchs of the county. 1848 ― Caxtons i. ii. ix, The proudest of the neighbouring squirearchs always spoke of us as a very ancient family. 1893 Meredith Lord Ormont ii, Aldermen not at the feast, squirearchs not in the saddle. |
b. adj. Squirearchal. rare.
| 1893 Temple Bar Mag. XCVII. 244 Portly and squirearch was her spouse. |