Body+of+yeomen
1Yeomen of the Guard — in der Prozession zum alljährlichen Gottesdienst des Hosenbandordens in Windsor Castle Die Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard sind eine der verschiedenen zeremoniellen Leibwachen des britischen Monarchen. Inhaltsverzeichnis …
2Yeomen of the Guard — Infobox Military Unit unit name=The Queen s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard caption=Badge of the Yeomen of the Guard dates=1485 country=England branch= type=Dismounted bodyguard role=Royal Bodyguard size=Four Divisions command… …
3yeomen of the guard — Properly called yeomen of the guard of the royal household; a body of men of the best rank under the gentry, and of a larger stature than ordinary, every one being required to be six feet high …
4YEOMEN OF THE GUARD — a body of old soldiers of soldierly presence, employed on ceremonial occasions in conjunction with the gentlemen at arms, as the bodyguard of the British sovereign; they were constituted in 1485, and number besides officers 100 men; the Beef… …
5The Yeomen of the Guard — The opera is set in the Tower of London, during the 16th century, and is the darkest, and perhaps most emotionally engaging, of the Savoy Operas, ending with a broken hearted main character and two very reluctant engagements, rather than the… …
6yeomanry — noun Date: 14th century 1. the body of yeomen; specifically the body of small landed proprietors of the middle class 2. a British volunteer cavalry force created from yeomen in 1761 as a home defense force and reorganized in 1907 as part of the… …
7yeomanry — noun [treated as sing. or plural] historical a body of yeomen, or yeomen collectively. ↘(in Britain) a volunteer cavalry force raised from the yeomanry (1794–1908) …
8yeomanry — n. Body of yeomen, yeomen …
9yeomanry — ► NOUN (treated as sing. or pl. ) historical ▪ a body of yeomen, or yeomen collectively …
10imperial yeomanry — Yeomanry Yeo man*ry, n. 1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] His estate of yeomanry. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders. [1913 Webster] The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion …
