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yeomanry

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yeo·man·ry  (ymn-r)
n. pl. yeo·man·ries
1. The class of yeomen; small freeholding farmers.
2. A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 to serve as a home guard and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.

yeomanry
Noun
1. yeomen collectively
2. (in Britain) a former volunteer cavalry force

Yeomanry yeomen collectively, 1375; a volunteer force.
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Noun1.yeomanry - class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
2.yeomanry - a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
home guard - a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere
Territorial Army - British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain


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To oblige the great body of the yeomanry, and of the other classes of the citizens, to be under arms for the purpose of going through military exercises and evolutions, as often as might be necessary to acquire the degree of perfection which would entitle them to the character of a well-regulated militia, would be a real grievance to the people, and a serious public inconvenience and loss.
The yeomanry had risen upon the invaders and driven them back.
He was an officer in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry and chairman of the Conservative Association.
 
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