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1 Yeomanry -- rank: 1000
Yeomanry definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary YEOMANRY, n. The collective body of yeomen or freeholders. Thus the common people in America, are called yeomanry. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: class of small ... from the yeoman class (1794-1908). Webster's 1913 Dictionary Yeomanry Yeo"man*ry, n. 1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] ``His estate of yeomanry.'' --Chaucer. 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion. --Bancroft. 3. ...
2 Yeomanry cavalry -- rank: 951
Yeomanry cavalry definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Yeomanry Yeo"man*ry, n. 1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] ``His estate of yeomanry.'' --Chaucer. 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion. --Bancroft. 3. The yeomanry cavalry. [Eng.] Yeomanry cavalry, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry liable to service ...
3 imperial yeomanry -- rank: 908
imperial yeomanry definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Yeomanry Yeo"man*ry, n. A British volunteer cavalry force, growing ... on duty. In 1901 the name was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the services of the force in the ...
4 Yeoman -- rank: 419
... instruments, designating occupation, and this only in particular states. But yeomanry is much used. 2. An officer in the kings household ... of the shire, etc. 3 Brit. a member of the yeomanry force. 4 hist. a servant in a royal or noble ... A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry. [Eng.] 4. (Naut.) An interior officer under the boatswain ...
5 Gentleman -- rank: 331
... sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. 2. In the United States, where titles and distinctions of ... sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above ...
6 Gentlest -- rank: 209
... not noble. British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle, or simple. --Johnson's ...
7 Gentler -- rank: 209
... not noble. British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle, or simple. --Johnson's ...
8 Gentlemen-at-arms -- rank: 209
... sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above ...
9 gentlemen pensioners -- rank: 209
... sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above ...
10 Gentlemen -- rank: 209
... sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above ...
11 Gentleman usher of the black rod -- rank: 209
... sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above ...
12 Gentleman usher -- rank: 209
... sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above ...
13 Gentleman commoner -- rank: 209
... sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above ...
14 Gentry -- rank: 209
... in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. --Macaulay. 3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.] To show us so ...
15 silk-stocking -- rank: 209
... find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers. --Jefferson.
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