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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

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class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land

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plural
Yeomanries
possessive
Yeomanry's
pluralpossessive
Yeomanries'