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Yeomanry definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

YEOMANRY, n. The collective body of yeomen or freeholders. Thus the common people in America, are called yeomanry.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. the body of yeomen; specifically the body of small landed proprietors of the middle class 2. a British volunteer cavalry force created from yeomen in 1761 as a home defense force and reorganized in 1907 as part of the territorial force

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a body of yeomen. 2 Brit. hist. a volunteer cavalry force raised from the yeoman class (1794-1908).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Body of yeomen, yeomen.