yeomanry

/หˆjoสŠmษ™nษนi/

IPA: /Y OW1 M AH0 N R IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.

  2. 2

    A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yeomanry