单词 | yeomanry |
释义 | yeomanry (once / 5485 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY yeomanry: yeomanries USAGE EXAMPLESThe Army's newest regiment, the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry, has held its first parade in Northern Ireland. BBC(May 23, 2015) There is a distinction - Clemetson was in the Yeomanry, part of what was then the Territorial Force, rather than the regular Army. BBC(Apr 16, 2015) Before the King's Troop arrive the Band of the Honourable Artillery Company and Royal Yeomanry will play celebratory music. BBC(Apr 21, 2014) 1 n class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land 2Hyper class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum people having the same social, economic, or educational status n a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army Hyper home guard a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere |
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