sb. (and a.). [Back-formation from SQUIREARCHY, after monarch, etc.] A member of the squirearchy; a squire as a local magnate.
1832. Lytton, Eugene Aram, II. ii. The wealthier but less honoured squirearchs of the county. Ibid. (1848), Caxtons, I. II. ix. The proudest of the neighbouring squirearchs always spoke of us as a very ancient family.
1893. Meredith, Lord Ormont ii. Aldermen not at the feast, squirearchs not in the saddle or at the bottle.
b. adj. Squirearchal. rare.
1893. Temple Bar Mag., XCVII. 244. Portly and squirearch was her spouse.
