yeomanry

• I am frightened for the yeomanry, and hope Lord Temple will be able to get them well back without a row. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Memoirs of the Court of George IV., Vol. I, by The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
• In the debate on Mr. Haldane's Territorial and Reserve Forces Bill (June 3rd), Dilke voted for an amendment of which the purpose was to establish a department at the War Office under an officer having special knowledge and experience with the militia, yeomanry, and volunteers, ranking as third member of the Army Council. —  The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2
• The legend of Agincourt plays to the way so many English like to see themselves: stout yeomanry, out-numbered by haughty Continentals, but manfully winning through. —  California Literary Review
• In the public room a larger party was gathered--yeomanry officers, captains, and lieutenants of the royal troops, and a few of the country squires who had ridden into the town after the fighting was over. —  The Northern Iron
• Pewter was replacing the wooden trenchers of the early yeomanry, and there were yeomen who could boast of a fair show of silver plate. —  History of the English People Volume 4 (of 8)

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