Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yeomanry

2 senses of yeomanry

Sense 1
yeomanry -- (class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land)
       => class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class -- (people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class")

Sense 2
yeomanry -- (a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army)
       => home guard -- (a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere)