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yeoman

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yeo·man  (ymn)
n.
1.
a. An attendant, servant, or lesser official in a royal or noble household.
b. A yeoman of the guard.
2. A petty officer performing chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
3. An assistant or other subordinate, as of a sheriff.
4. A diligent, dependable worker.
5. A farmer who cultivates his own land, especially a member of a former class of small freeholders in England.

[Middle English yoman, perhaps from Old English *gaman, from Old Frisian gman, villager : g, region, district + man, man; see man-1 in Indo-European roots.]

yeoman [yo-man]
Noun
pl -men History a farmer owning and farming his own land [perhaps from yongman young man]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.yeomanyeoman - officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
bodyguard, escort - someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
2.yeoman - in former times was free and cultivated his own land
freeholder - the owner of a freehold
Translations

yeoman [ˈjəumən] n Yeoman of the Guard → alabardero de la Casa Real
yeoman [ˈjəumən] irreg n Yeoman of the Guard → hallebardier m de la garde royale
yeoman [ˈjəumən] irreg like man) n Yeoman of the Guard → (königlicher) Leibgardist m
yeoman [ˈjəumən] n Yeoman of the Guard → guardiano della Torre di Londra


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One noontide I was by Franklin Swinton's gate, when up he rides with a yeoman pricker at his heels.
Some there are, however, of this rank upon whom passion exercises its tyranny, and hurries them far beyond the bounds which decorum prescribes; of these the ladies are as much distinguished by their noble intrepidity, and a certain superior contempt of reputation, from the frail ones of meaner degree, as a virtuous woman of quality is by the elegance and delicacy of her sentiments from the honest wife of a yeoman and shopkeeper.
It breeds as quickly as the yeoman, and as soundly; strong is the temptation to acclaim it as a super-yeoman, who carries his country's virtue overseas.
 
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