YEOMANRY
\jˈə͡ʊmənɹˌi], \jˈəʊmənɹˌi], \j_ˈəʊ_m_ə_n_ɹ_ˌi]\
Definitions of YEOMANRY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
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a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
By Princeton University
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class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
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a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
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The yeomanry cavalry.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
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The yeomanry cavalry.
By Noah Webster.
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The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
By Daniel Lyons
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Yeomen collectively; the common people of England, especially the farming class.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Collective body of yeomen.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The collective body of yeomen; freemen; farmers.
By James Champlin Fernald
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