Hypertext Webster Gateway: "yeomanry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yeomanry \Yeo"man*ry\, n.
1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] ``His estate of
yeomanry.'' --Chaucer.
2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct
for dominion. --Bancroft.
3. The yeomanry cavalry. [Eng.]
{Yeomanry cavalry}, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry
liable to service in Great Britain only. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yeomanry \Yeo"man*ry\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
yeomanry
n 1: class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
2: a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home
defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
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