Definition of Yeomanry

1. Noun. Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.


2. Noun. A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
Generic synonyms: Home Guard
Group relationships: Territorial Army

Definition of Yeomanry

1. n. The position or rank of a yeoman.

2. n. A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in 1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward. The members furnish their own horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, and receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the services of the force in the Boer war. See Army organization, above.

3. n. The position or rank of a yeoman.

4. n. A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in 1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward. The members furnish their own horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, and receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the services of the force in the Boer war. See Army organization, above.

Definition of Yeomanry

1. Noun. Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land. ¹

2. Noun. A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Yeomanry

1. the collective body of yeomen [n -RIES]

Medical Definition of Yeomanry

1. 1. The position or rank of a yeoman. "His estate of yeomanry." 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. "The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion." (Bancroft) 3. The yeomanry cavalry. Yeomanry cavalry, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry liable to service in Great Britain only. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Yeomanry

yenta
yentas
yente
yentes
yeo
yeoman
yeoman's service
yeoman of the chamber
yeoman of the guard
yeoman service
yeomanette
yeomanettes
yeomanlike
yeomanly
yeomanries
yeomanry (current term)
yeomen
yeomen of the chamber
yeoperson
yeopersons
yeorling
yeos
yeow
yeowch
yeowoman
yeowomen
yep
yepperoni
yeppers
yeps

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