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Yeomanry

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

polysemous

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unclassified

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unclassified

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Yeomanries
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Yeomanry's
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Yeomanries'