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YEOMANRY

• YEOMANRY (noun)
The noun YEOMANRY has 2 senses:

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

Familiarity information: YEOMANRY used as a noun is rare.

• YEOMANRY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("yeomanry" is a kind of...):

class; social class; socio-economic class (people having the same social or economic status)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("yeomanry" is a kind of...):

bodyguard; guard (a group of men who escort and protect some important person)

Holonyms ("yeomanry" is a part of...):

Territorial Army (British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for defense of GB)

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(English proverb)
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(Native American proverb, Ute)
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(Arabic proverb)
"Still waters wash out banks."
(Czech proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of class
Pronunciation of Territorial Army
Definition of guard
Pronunciation of socio-economic class
Definition of social class

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