Squire

Japanese: スクワイア
Squire
A social class in England. It refers to wealthy landowners who are lower in rank than knights and higher than mere gentlemen, and are allowed to use their family crest. They are the core of gentlemen in a broad sense, and the word "squirearchy" was used to refer to the landowner-ruled system from the early modern period to the early modern period.

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Japanese:
英国の社会階層。身分的にはナイト(騎士)よりも下で〈たんなるジェントルマン〉よりは上の富裕な地主層をさし,家紋の使用を許される。広義のジェントルマンの中核的な存在で,近世から近代初期にかけて地主支配体制をさして〈スクワイアラーキーsquirearchy〉という言葉が用いられた。

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