yeomanlyadj.
/ˈjəʊmənli/, U.S. /ˈjoʊmənli/ 1. Having the rank, or the character, of a yeoman.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific ranks of common people > [adjective] > that is a yeoman
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yeomanly1576
1576 A. Hall Acct. Quarrell in Misc. Antiq. Angl. (1816) I. 97 A yeomanly man.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. H4v I warrant you hees as yeomanly a man, as you shall see, marke you maisters, heeres a plaine honest man, without welt or garde.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 53 Who will undertake to sift those dusts again, and to pronounce, This is the Patrician, this is the noble flowre, and this the yeomanly, this the Plebeian bran?
1680 J. Aubrey in J. Walker Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) III. 530 His father was an yeomanly man.
1853 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond 36 (note) The Fells were and are still a clan of yeomanly gentry in the neighbourhood of Ulverston.
2. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a yeoman; (a) sturdy; (b) homely.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific ranks of common people > [adjective] > that is a yeoman > relating to or characteristic of
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a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1955) II. 107 Hee will come to think it..a sordid, a yeomanly thing, still to be plowing, and weeding, and worming a conscience.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 28 A homely and Yeomanly Religion.
1673 Bp. S. Parker Reproof Rehearsal Transprosed 30 It is but a blunt and Yeomanly Jest.
1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 596 Merry Shrovetide, with its rustic feast, and yeomanly feats.
1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 118 One of a fine yeomanly spirit, not ashamed of his station,..sowing his own corn, driving his own team, and occasionally ploughing his own land.
1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 126 There was something in Jeff's figure..of a yeomanly vigour.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
yeomanlyadv.
/ˈjəʊmənli/, U.S. /ˈjoʊmənli/ In the manner of or befitting a yeoman; like a yeoman; doughtily, handsomely.
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the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > sturdiness > [adverb]
yeomanlyc1405
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [adverb]
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attendantly1578
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 106 Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly [v.rr. ȝemanly, ȝimanly, ȝemonlie].
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xv. 298 ‘Do the false yeomen give way?’ ‘No!’..‘they bear themselves right yeomanly.’
1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. ix. 173 ‘Right yeomanly done’, cried Robin Hood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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