yeomanry

英 ['jəʊmənri] 美 ['joʊmənri]

• n. 自由民；自耕农

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 自耕农
2. 义勇骑兵队
3. 自由民
4. 【英史】自由民
5. 携马当兵的农民
6. 小地主们
7. 义勇骑兵

英英释义

Noun:

1. class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land

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

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Better is the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.
   宁作自由民之首，不为贵族之尾。