acreocracy

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UK/eɪkəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

noun

Important landowners, considered as a class.

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Meanings

nounacreocracy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableImportant landowners, considered as a class.

    The Acre-ocracy of England: A list of all owners of three thousand acres and upwards.

    1876, John Bateman, (title)
    1 more example

    This acreocracy, like all Welsh social groups, was deeply riven with profound internal divisions.

    2005, Russell Davies, Hope and Heartbreak, page 93
  2. uncountableThe 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.

    2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 13

Origin

From acre + -ocracy.

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APA

acreocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acreocracy

MLA

“acreocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acreocracy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acreocracy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acreocracy.

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