| 单词 | yeoman |
| 释义 | yeoman /yoh"meuhn/, n. , pl. yeomen, adj. n. 1. a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy. 2. Brit. a farmer who cultivates his own land. 3. Hist. one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land, early admitted in England to political rights. 4. Archaic. a. a servant, attendant, or subordinate official in a royal or other great household. b. a subordinate or assistant, as of a sheriff or other official or in a craft or trade. adj. 5. of, pertaining to, composed of, or characteristic of yeomen: the yeoman class. 6. performed or rendered in a loyal, valiant, useful, or workmanlike manner, esp. in situations that involve a great deal of effort or labor: He did a yeoman job on the problem. [1300-50; ME yeman, yoman, prob. reduced forms of yengman, yongman, yungman, with similar sense; see YOUNG, MAN1] |
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