Yeomanry refers to a historical military unit, much like reservists today.

Historical Context

Members of the yeomanry balanced civilian jobs with military service.

Dual Roles

Today, 'yeomanry' can evoke a sense of tradition or pageantry, rather than active service.

Yeomanry once indicated a respectable social class of self-sufficient farmers.

Picture the yeomanry as working the land before modern farming technology.

Yeomanry implies independence as these farmers owned their land and worked it themselves.