Definition of squattocracy in English:

squattocracy

nounskwɒˈtɒkrəsi

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.

词汇	squattocracy
释义	Definition of squattocracy in English: squattocracy nounskwɒˈtɒkrəsi 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.
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