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Yeomanry

nounid 161525·updated May 18, 2026
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a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army

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Variants

plural
Yeomanries
possessive
Yeomanry's
pluralpossessive
Yeomanries'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
§2
class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land

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