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Noun: yeomanry  yow-mun-ree
  1. Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
     
  2. A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defence later incorporated into the Territorial Army

Derived forms: yeomanries

Type of: class, home guard, social class, socio-economic class, stratum

Part of: Territorial Army

Encyclopedia: Yeomanry