yeomanry

(-rē)

noun

  1. yeomen collectively
  2. a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 as a home guard, but since 1907, a part of the Territorial Army

See yeomanry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun 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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