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yeomanry
noun
(yeo-man-ry)
the body of yeomen; specifically : the body of small landed proprietors of the middle class
yeomanry
noun
(yeo-man-ry)
a British volunteer cavalry force created from yeomen in 1761 as a home defense force and reorganized in 1907 as part of the territorial force
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