yeomanry

美 [ˈjoʊmənri]
英 [ˈjəʊmənri]
  • n.(统称英国旧时的)自耕农;(英国旧时的)携马当兵的农民
  • 网络自由民;自耕农阶级;义勇骑兵
yeomanry
n.
1.
(统称英国旧时的)自耕农(in Britain in the past) the social class of farmers who owned their land
2.
(英国旧时的)携马当兵的农民(in Britain in the past) farmers who became soldiers and provided their own horses