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yeoman
English
Etymology
From Middle English yoman, yeman, from Old English *??amann (compare Old Frisian g?man (“villager”), Middle Dutch goymann (“arbiter”)), compound of ??, ??a (“district, region”) (in æl??, S?þri??a), from Proto-Germanic *gawj? (compare West Frisian gea, goa, Dutch gouw, German Gau) + mann (“man”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?j??.m?n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?jo?.m?n/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?ji?.m?n/
- Rhymes: -??m?n
Noun
yeoman (plural yeomen)
- (Britain) An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a Yeoman of the Guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder).
- (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
- (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
- A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
- A Yeoman Warder.
- A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
- (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
- A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
- A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- yeoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Yeoman in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References
French
Noun
yeoman m (plural yeomans)
- yeoman
Derived terms
- yeomanerie
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cocky
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?k?ki/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?ki/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?k?ki/
- Rhymes: -?ki
Etymology 1
From cock (“male domestic chicken”) +? -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).
Adjective
cocky (comparative cockier, superlative cockiest)
- Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arrogant
Alternative forms
- cockey
- cockie (rare)
Translations
Etymology 2
From cock (“male domestic chicken”) +? -y (diminutive suffix).
Noun
cocky (plural cockies)
- (chiefly Britain, Ireland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
Alternative forms
- cockey
- cockie
Translations
Etymology 3
The noun is derived from cock(atoo) +? -y (diminutive suffix). The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
cocky (plural cockies) (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, informal)
- A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.
- (also attributively) Short for cockatoo farmer (“small-scale farmer”); (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.
- Synonyms: cockatoo, crofter
Usage notes
In New Zealand, cocky (sense 2) is often synonymous with sheep cocky (“a sheep farmer”), due to the relative importance of the industry.
Alternative forms
- cockey
- cockie
Derived terms
Verb
cocky (third-person singular simple present cockies, present participle cockying, simple past and past participle cockied)
- (intransitive, chiefly Australia, informal, historical) To operate a small-scale farm.
- Synonym: cockatoo
Alternative forms
- cockey
Translations
References
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