noun
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yeomen collectively
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(in Britain) a volunteer cavalry force, organized in 1761 for home defence: merged into the Territorial Army in 1907
Etymology
Origin of yeomanry
Vocabulary lists containing yeomanry
Example Sentences
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Kaplan recognizes the synergy produced when these themes overlap, as when Jefferson’s myth of a nation founded on yeomanry combined with his intense hatred of Britain to form the building blocks of his political ideology.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
Tens of thousands of working-class and feminist activists descend on the semi-enclosed space, where they’re met by soldiers and yeomanry being directed by the magistrates who watch the proceedings from a disdainful distance.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2019
Nadin was told by the magistrates to serve it, and asked for military help from the yeomanry to enable him to get to the hustings.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2018
If unrest was threatened, local militias, amateur yeomanry on horseback or the army had to be called out.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2018
Our treasured and nostalgic picture of the village general store, the cracker-barrel store where an informed yeomanry gather to express opinions and formulate the national character, is very rapidly disappearing.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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