YEOMANRY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] "His estate of yeomanry." Chaucer.

2.
n.

The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion. Bancroft.

3.
n.

The yeomanry cavalry. [Eng.] Yeomanry cavalry, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry liable to service in Great Britain only. [Eng.]


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