Body+of+yeomen

  • 11Yeomanry — Yeo man*ry, n. 1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] His estate of yeomanry. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. [1913 Webster] The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion. Bancroft …

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  • 12Yeomanry cavalry — Yeomanry Yeo man*ry, n. 1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] His estate of yeomanry. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. [1913 Webster] The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion …

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  • 13yeomanry cavalry — Yeomanry Yeo man*ry, n. 1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] His estate of yeomanry. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. [1913 Webster] The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14yeomanry — /yowmsnriy/ The collected body of yeomen …

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  • 15yeomanry — n. (pl. ies) 1 a body of yeomen. 2 Brit. hist. a volunteer cavalry force raised from the yeoman class (1794 1908) …

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  • 16yeo|man|ry — «YOH muhn ree», noun. 1. a body of yeomen. 2. a British volunteer cavalry force organized for internal defense, incorporated in 1907 into the British Territorial Army …

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  • 17BEEF-EATERS —    yeomen of the royal guard, whose institution dates from the reign of Henry VII., and whose office it is to wait upon royalty on high occasions; the name is also given to the warders of the Tower, though they are a separate body and of more… …

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  • 18United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 19Arthur Sullivan — This article is about the composer. For the Australian soldier decorated with the VC, see Arthur Percy Sullivan. Arthur …

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  • 20D'Oyly Carte Opera Company — Publicity poster for The Mikado, 1919 The D Oyly Carte Opera Company was a professional light opera company that staged Gilbert and Sullivan s Savoy operas. The company performed nearly year round in the UK and sometimes toured in Europe, North… …

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