squarson

A squire who is also the local rector.

Noun

  1. A squire who is also the local rector.
    • For centuries it was the custom for younger sons of the landed classes to become clergymen - and often to take over the parish - or parishes - on the family estate. It was not uncommon for such parsons to inherit the...
    • William Wynne, a poet and squarson - 1983, Prys Morgan, “The Hunt for the Welsh Past in the Romantic Period”, in The Invention of Tradition:

Origin

Blend of squire + parson

Forms

squarsons