Look up: yeomanry

1. yeomanry
   [n] - class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land 2. [n] - a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
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2. Yeomanry
   Militia usually led by members of local hierarchy with ranks often composed of tradesmen and shopkeepers.
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3. Yeomanry
   English volunteer cavalry organized 1794, and incorporated into volunteer regiments which became first the Territorial Force 1908 and then the Territorial Army 1922. ...
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4. Yeomanry
   Yeo'man·ry noun 1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [ Obsolete] 'His estate of yeomanry .' Chaucer. 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. « The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct f...
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5. Yeomanry
   Yeo'man·ry noun A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in 1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward. The members furnish their own horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, ...
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6. yeomanry
   1. The position or rank of a yeoman. 'His estate of yeomanry.' ... 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. 'The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion.' (Bancroft) ... 3. The yeomanry cavalry. Yeomanry cavalry, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry liable to service in ...
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7. yeomanry
   noun class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
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8. Yeomanry
   • (n.) A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in 1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward. The members furnish their own horses, have fourteen days` annual camp training, and receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1...
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9. Yeomanry
   The Yeomanry were a volunteer cavalry force in the British army. They were originally formed in the 18th century for home defence and merged with the Territorial Force in 1907.
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10. Yeomanry
    Volunteer British cavalry.
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11. Yeomanry
    `Yeomanry` is a designation used by a number of units or sub-units of the British Territorial Army, descended from volunteer cavalry regiments. Today, Yeomanry units may serve in a variety of different military roles. History: In the 1790s, the threat of invasion of the Kingdom of Great Britain was ...
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