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单词 squattocracy
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squattocracy

/skwɒˈtɒkrəsi /
noun (the squattocracy) Australian /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...
  • 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.
  • He was born in London, but his family was of the Australian squattocracy.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from squat + -cracy.

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