YEOMANRY
Dictionary entry overview: What does yeomanry mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
• YEOMANRY (noun)
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)
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)
