yeomanry

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.

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yeomanry [ˈjəʊmənrɪ]

n

1. (Historical Terms) yeomen collectively

2. (Historical Terms) (in Britain) a volunteer cavalry force, organized in 1761 for home defence: merged into the Territorial Army in 1907

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Yeomanry yeomen collectively, 1375; a volunteer force.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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

Translations

yeomanry [ˈjəʊmənrɪ] N

1. (= landowners) → pequeños propietarios mpl, terratenientes mpl rurales

2. (Brit) (Mil) → caballería f voluntaria

yeomanry

n

(Hist) → Freibauernschaft f, → Freibauernstand m

(Mil) freiwillige Kavallerietruppe