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1. (n.) yeoman
an enlisted person in the U.S. Navy whose duties are chiefly clerical.
2. yeoman
Brit. a farmer who cultivates his own land.
3. yeoman
(formerly, in England)
4. yeoman
one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land.
5. yeoman
an attendant in a royal or other great household.
6. yeoman
an assistant, as of a sheriff or other official.
7. (adj.) yeoman
of or pertaining to yeomen.
8. yeoman
(esp. of an arduous task) performed in a loyal, valiant, or workmanlike manner.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME yeman, yoman, prob. reduced forms of yengman, yongman, yungman, with similar sense; see young , man)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) yeoman, yeoman of the guard, beefeater
officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
2. (noun) yeoman
in former times was free and cultivated his own land
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) yeoman
a common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born
2. (noun) yeoman
a servant; a retainer
3. (noun) yeoman
a yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry
4. (noun) yeoman
an interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores
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