Explore Yeomanry through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like class or guard. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Yeomanry in a sentence
Yeomanry meaning
- A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
- A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
Using Yeomanry
- The main meaning on this page is: A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land. | A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
- Useful related words include: class, social class, socio-economic class, guard.
- In the example corpus, yeomanry often appears in combinations such as: nursing yeomanry, nottinghamshire yeomanry, yeomanry museum.
Context around Yeomanry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yeomanry
- In this selection, "yeomanry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nursing, nottinghamshire, hertfordshire, museum, attended and regiment stand out and add context to how "yeomanry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aid nursing yeomanry and aid nursing yeomanry is an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yeomanry" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yeomanry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry is an independent, all-female charity that was formed in 1901. (16 words)
Irving’s romantic vision of an enlightened, languid Dutch yeomanry dominated the popular imagination about the colony since its publication in 1809. (22 words)
A number of armoured regiments in the British Army retain the historic designations of Hussars, Dragoons, Light Dragoons, Dragoon Guards, Lancers and Yeomanry. (23 words)
Sergeant David Clifford of the Wessex Yeomanry attended a Tankfest event a while later and was wondering through the museum to take a look at all of the exhibits when he came across Ms Valentine who was working on the same painting. (42 words)
British Empire All British Army cavalry regiments had been mechanised since 1 March 1942 when the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons ( Yeomanry ) was converted to a motorised role, following mounted service against the Vichy French in Syria the previous year. (40 words)
A long cave system known as the Passage of Slerotin tunnels under the Hellfurnaces from the town of Dark Gate in the Yeomanry, finally emerging over 200 miles away into the Sea of Dust. (34 words)
Later historians ascribe his epithet "Ladulås" – Barnlock – to a decree of 1279 or 1280 freeing the yeomanry from the duty to provide sustenance for travelling nobles and bishops ("Peasants! (29 words)
Example sentences (14)
He served for five years from 1941 and on D-Day, landed on Gold Beach as a bombardier in the 86th Field Regiment of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry.
Lord Montagu said: "The exhibition was researched and curated by my wife who, like the female agents, is a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.
Sergeant David Clifford of the Wessex Yeomanry attended a Tankfest event a while later and was wondering through the museum to take a look at all of the exhibits when he came across Ms Valentine who was working on the same painting.
Steve Cox, curator for the Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum, said: “It’s disgusting that they’ve taken history from the people who have served and fought for this country.
The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry is an independent, all-female charity that was formed in 1901.
Graham Gallon, aged 36, sneaked into the Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum in Newark, Notts in the early hours of October 29 last year.
As panic ensued, the 15th Hussars and another yeomanry regiment were ordered to disperse the crowd, causing more bloodshed as protesters were trampled and crushed.
A long cave system known as the Passage of Slerotin tunnels under the Hellfurnaces from the town of Dark Gate in the Yeomanry, finally emerging over 200 miles away into the Sea of Dust.
A number of armoured regiments in the British Army retain the historic designations of Hussars, Dragoons, Light Dragoons, Dragoon Guards, Lancers and Yeomanry.
British Empire All British Army cavalry regiments had been mechanised since 1 March 1942 when the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons ( Yeomanry ) was converted to a motorised role, following mounted service against the Vichy French in Syria the previous year.
Irving’s romantic vision of an enlightened, languid Dutch yeomanry dominated the popular imagination about the colony since its publication in 1809.
Later historians ascribe his epithet "Ladulås" – Barnlock – to a decree of 1279 or 1280 freeing the yeomanry from the duty to provide sustenance for travelling nobles and bishops ("Peasants!
Many British troops were therefore redeployed out of the area, and had been replaced by lower-quality contingents of Imperial Yeomanry and locally raised irregular corps.
Their mounted charge succeeded after a coordinated attack by the British Infantry and Yeomanry cavalry and the Australian and New Zealand Light Horse and Mounted Rifles brigades.
Common combinations with yeomanry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: