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yeo·man Y0017700 (yō′mən)n.1. a. An attendant, servant, or lesser official in a royal or noble household.b. A yeoman of the guard.2. A petty officer performing chiefly clerical duties in the US Navy.3. An assistant or other subordinate, as of a sheriff.4. A diligent, dependable worker.5. A farmer who cultivates his own land, especially a member of a former class of small freeholders in England.
[Middle English yeman, yoman, perhaps contraction of yong man, young man (yong, young; see young + man, man; see man), or from Old English *gēaman (from or akin to Old Frisian gāman, villager : gā, region, district + man, man; see man- in Indo-European roots).]yeoman (ˈjəʊmən) n, pl -men1. (Historical Terms) history a. a member of a class of small freeholders of common birth who cultivated their own landb. an assistant or other subordinate to an official, such as a sheriff, or to a craftsman or traderc. an attendant or lesser official in a royal or noble household2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) another name for yeoman of the guard3. (Historical Terms) (modifier) characteristic of or relating to a yeoman4. (Military) a petty officer or noncommissioned officer in the Royal Navy or Marines in charge of signals[C15: perhaps from yongman young man]yeo•man (ˈyoʊ mən)
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adj. n. 1. an enlisted person in the U.S. Navy whose duties are chiefly clerical. 2. Brit. a farmer who cultivates his own land. 3. (formerly, in England) a. one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land. b. an attendant in a royal or other great household. c. an assistant, as of a sheriff or other official. adj. 4. of or pertaining to yeomen. 5. (esp. of an arduous task) performed in a loyal, valiant, or workmanlike manner. [1300–50; Middle English yeman, yoman, probably reduced forms of yengman, yongman, yungman, with similar sense; see young, man] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  yeoman - officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarchbeefeater, yeoman of the guardbodyguard, escort - someone who escorts and protects a prominent person | | 2. | yeoman - in former times was free and cultivated his own landfreeholder - the owner of a freehold |
TranslationsIdiomsSeeyeoman's serviceyeoman
yeoman (yō`mən), class in English society. The term has always been ill-defined, but generally it means a freeholder of a lower status than gentleman who cultivates his own land. With the breakdown of medieval systems of tenure the numbers of this class increased and formed the basis for a rural middle class. Certain retainers of a fairly high rank in noble households were also called yeomen, and thus the name was given to specific branches of the royal household, e.g., Yeomen of the Horse or Yeomen of the GuardYeomen of the Guard,
bodyguard, now ceremonial in function, of the sovereign of England. When the guard was originated by Henry VII in 1485, its members had numerous duties as defenders of the king's person and household functionaries.
..... Click the link for more information. . The yeoman foot soldiers of the Hundred Years War were the troops most personally in the service of the king. The more modern military use of the term dates from the 18th cent., when voluntary cavalry units called the yeomanry were used to suppress riots. From 1794 they were organized into regiments. Their service in the South African War (1899–1902) earned them the name Imperial Yeomanry, and in 1907 they became a part of the Territorial Army.yeoman1. Historya. a member of a class of small freeholders of common birth who cultivated their own land b. an assistant or other subordinate to an official, such as a sheriff, or to a craftsman or trader c. an attendant or lesser official in a royal or noble household 2. (in Britain) another name for yeoman of the guardYeoman
YEOMAN. In the United States this word does not appear to have any very exact meaning. It is usually put as an addition to the names of parties in declarations and indictments. In England it signifies a free man who has land of the value of forty shillings a year. 2 Inst. 668; 2 Dall. 92. AcronymsSeeYEOMyeoman
Synonyms for yeomannoun officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarchSynonyms- beefeater
- yeoman of the guard
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