yeoman

yeo·man

 (yō′mən)

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 US 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.

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[Middle English yeman, yoman, perhaps contraction of yong man, young man (yong, young; see young + man, man; see man), or from Old English *gēaman (from or akin to Old Frisian gāman, villager : gā, region, district + man, man; see man- in Indo-European roots).]

yeoman

(ˈjəʊmən)

n, pl -men

1. (Historical Terms) history

a. a member of a class of small freeholders of common birth who cultivated their own land

b. an assistant or other subordinate to an official, such as a sheriff, or to a craftsman or trader

c. an attendant or lesser official in a royal or noble household

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) another name for yeoman of the guard

3. (Historical Terms) (modifier) characteristic of or relating to a yeoman

4. (Military) a petty officer or noncommissioned officer in the Royal Navy or Marines in charge of signals

[C15: perhaps from yongman young man]

yeo•man

(ˈyoʊ mən)

n., pl. -men,
adj. n.

1. an enlisted person in the U.S. Navy whose duties are chiefly clerical.

2. Brit. a farmer who cultivates his own land.

3. (formerly, in England)

a. one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land.

b. an attendant in a royal or other great household.

c. an assistant, as of a sheriff or other official.

adj.

4. of or pertaining to yeomen.

5. (esp. of an arduous task) performed in a loyal, valiant, or workmanlike manner.

[1300–50; Middle English yeman, yoman, probably reduced forms of yengman, yongman, yungman, with similar sense; see young, man]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yeoman - officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch beefeater, yeoman of the guard 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

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yeoman

[ˈjəʊmən] N (yeomen (pl)) (Brit) (Hist)

1. (also yeoman farmer) → pequeño propietario m, terrateniente m rural

2. (Mil) → soldado m (voluntario) de caballería
yeoman of the guard → alabardero m de la Casa Real
to give yeoman service → prestar grandes servicios

yeoman

[ˈjəʊmən] n
Yeoman of the Guard → hallebardier m de la garde royale

yeoman

n pl <-men>

(Hist: = small landowner) → Freibauer m; yeoman farmer (Hist) → Freibauer m

Yeoman of the Guard → königlicher Leibgardist; to do yeoman service → treue Dienste leisten (for sb jdm)

yeoman

[ˈjəʊmən] n (-men (pl)) (Brit) (old) → piccolo proprietario terriero