English noun: yeomanry | |||
1. | yeomanry (group) class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land | ||
Broader (hypernym) | class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum | ||
2. | yeomanry (group) a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army | ||
Broader (hypernym) | home guard | ||
Part meronym | Territorial Army | ||