different between yeomanry vs yeoman

English

Etymology

From yeoman +? -ry

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?jo?m?n?i/

Noun

yeomanry (plural yeomanries)

1. (historical) A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
   • 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.

     The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct for dominion.

2. A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.

Related terms

• yeoman

Translations

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)

1. (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).
2. (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
3. (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
4. A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
5. A Yeoman Warder.
6. A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
7. (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
8. A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
9. A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
10. 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)

1. yeoman

Derived terms

• yeomanerie