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Squire

.—Every squire, almost to a man, is an oppressor of the clergy; a racker of his tenants; a jobber of all public works, very proud, and gene­rally illiterate. The squires take the titles of great men, with as little ceremony as Alexander of Cæsar. For instance, the great Conolly, the great Damer, &c.

Swift.

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Entry taken from A Political Dictionary, by Charles Pigott, 1795.

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Squire