acredadj.
/ˈeɪkəd/, U.S. /ˈeɪkərd/ Possessing or occupying acres or landed estates.Frequently as second element in compounds, as few-acred, large-acred, many-acred, etc.: see the first element.
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the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > owning property or interests > owning land
landedc1000
well-landed1557
estated1608
territorieda1654
acred1673
territorial?1799
landowning1845
1673 M. Stevenson Norfolk Drollery 61 He is a kind of a Nine Acred fop, A May-Pole with a Weather-Cock a top.
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 15 H——te himself, and such large-acred Men.
1794 Ann. Agric. 22 292 A fifteen acred field of wheat.
1822 Manch. Iris 8 June 152/1 We would hint that Dancing now-a-days is of great importance. A good pastorale has often procured an acred wife.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. ii. iv. 209 It was from such materials..with great numbers, largely acred..but without knowledge, genius..or faith, that Sir Robert Peel was to form a ‘great Conservative party’.
1883 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 358 Acred squires, who lay their heads..on their pillows with self-approval that they are square with the world.
1992 ‘J. Herriot’ Every Living Thing (1993) xl. 277 He waved a hand round his dwelling as if it were a drawing room in a multi-acred mansion.
2000 Heritage Feb. 27/1 Chester's central features..are still contained within the 150-acred site.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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