yeomanry
IPA: jˈoʊmʌnri
noun
- (historical) A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
- A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
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Examples of "yeomanry" in Sentences
- Yeomanry you completely misunderstand.
- Not sure about the Yeomanry message group.
- He also had the expense of equipping his yeomanry.
- After the war he continued to serve in the Yeomanry.
- He held the rank of captain in the Cheshire Yeomanry.
- Scott then became an ardent volunteer in the yeomanry.
- This was the first overseas deployment of the Yeomanry.
- In 1969 the regiment reduced to cadre, and Yeomanry lineage discontinued.
- Burnett was then attached to the Imperial Yeomanry for the next three years.
- And the definition of gentry and yeomanry is totally bogus and anachronistic.