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Definition of squattocracy in English: squattocracynounskwɒˈtɒkrəsi the squattocracyAustralian, NZ historical People occupying Crown land in order to graze livestock, regarded as a social group or class. a population that revelled in exposing the failings of the squattocracy based on our living standards, we consider that we're at the top of the squattocracy Example sentencesExamples - He was born in London, but his family was of the Australian squattocracy.
- Is it the squattocracy joyously celebrating the fact that the working man's club has been knocked back in its place, by it doesn't matter who?
- She was born in NSW in 1879, a daughter of the squattocracy, the archetypal Australian bush girl.
- By the end of the nineteenth century, portraits of the Australian squattocracy often incorporated illustrated histories of their properties.
- That group expressed Utopian hopes for small-farm settlement, and hatred for the squattocracy.
- They were set against the squattocracy and underwent a convulsive change in social values and patterns.
- You've also got the squattocracy in this novel, and the huge fortunes which were being made in the pastoral country around Melbourne and around Geelong.
Origin Mid 19th century: from squat + -cracy. |