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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)


Sense 1yeomanry [BACK TO TOP]

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 2yeomanry [BACK TO TOP]

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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