Meaning & use
Yeomanry
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A class of yeomen collectively, or, historically, a British volunteer cavalry force made up of such men.
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The local yeomanry was called upon to help maintain order during the unrest.
Historians describe the yeomanry as an important social class of independent farmers in early modern England.
A note on using this word
The yeomanry originated as a class of small landowning farmers in England and later became the name for volunteer cavalry regiments recruited from that class.
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