Definition of Yeomanry
Yeo´man`ry
n.
1.
The
position
or
rank
of
a
yeoman
.
2.
The
collective
body
of
yeomen
,
or
freeholders
.
The
enfranchised
yeomanry
began
to
feel
an
instinct
for
dominion
.
- Bancroft.
3.
A
British
volunteer
cavalry
force
,
growing
out
of
a
royal
regiment
of
fox
hunters
raised
by
Yorkshire
gentlemen
in
1745
to
fight
the
Pretender
,
Charles
Edward
; -
calle
dalso
yeomanry
cavalry
.
The
members
furnish
their
own
horses
,
have
fourteen
days
'
annual
camp
training
,
and
receive
pay
and
allowance
when
on
duty
.
In
1901
the
name
was
altered
to
imperial
yeomanry
in
recognition
of
the
services
of
the
force
in
the
Boer
war
.
See
Army organization
,
above
.
Yeomanry cavalry
certain
bodies
of
volunteer
cavalry
liable
to
service
in
Great
Britain
only
.
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,
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,
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