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

Noun

1. yeomen collectively

2. (in Britain) a former volunteer cavalry force

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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