yeomanry
(-rē)
noun
- yeomen collectively
- 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 - The class of yeomen; small freeholding farmers.
- 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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