squirehood

乡绅的势力[地位]

词形变化

squirehoods 复数 squirehoods

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The rank or state of a squire; squireship.

    不可数

    November 18, 1721, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to the King at Arms I am not yet qualified to keep a greyhound. If this should be the test of squirehood, it will go hard with a great number of my fraternity, as well as myself, who must all be unsquired, because a greyhound will not be allowed to keep us company

词源

From squire + -hood.

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