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発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊmənɹi/

名詞

yeomanry (複数形 yeomanries)

1. (historical) A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
   • 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.

     The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion.

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

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