单词	yeomanry
释义	yeomanry /ˈjəʊmənri / noun [treated as singular or plural] historical 1A group of men who held and cultivated small landed estates.The enclosing movement was attacked on various grounds. To its effects were attributed the disappearance of the yeomanry, using the words in the strict sense of farmer-owners. 1.1(In Britain) a volunteer cavalry force raised from the yeomanry (1794–1908).The volunteer forces, especially the yeomanry, had been politically dependable.... Revolution was not to be encouraged, though, and the yeomanry turned protest into a bloodbath at Peterloo. The yeomanry arrive, Gerard is killed, Lord Marney stoned to death by rioters, Morley shot, and the castle burned down.
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