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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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yeomen
English
- IPA(key): /?j??m?n/, /?j??m?n/
Noun
yeomen
- plural of yeoman
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