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Meaning of acreocracy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/eɪkəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

Definitions

  1. Important landowners, considered as a class.
  2. The land owned by such people.

Examples

“The Acre-ocracy of England: A list of all owners of three thousand acres and upwards.”
“This acreocracy, like all Welsh social groups, was deeply riven with profound internal divisions.”
“We'd been two years on our Pedernales acreocracy, not far from Fredericksburg, when our neighbor had two horses stolen in broad daylight.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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