yeomanry

英['jəʊmənri] 美['joʊmənri]
  • n. 自由民;自耕农
yeomanries
    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

1. Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.
宁做自由民之首,不居贵族之末.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He had been Lord Marchmain's servant in the yeomanry.
他原来在义勇骑兵队给马奇梅因勋爵当随从.

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    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。

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