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Yeoman
//ˈjəʊ.mən// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation. countable, uncountable
- 2 A town in Jefferson Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 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). UK
- 2 in former times was free and cultivated their own land wordnet
- 3 A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service. US
- 4 officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch wordnet
- 5 A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing. historical
"This model of production costs might alternatively be derived from a yeoman farmer model, in which households supply goods directly[.]"
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- 6 A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
- 7 A Yeoman Warder.
- 8 A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
- 9 In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
- 10 A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
- 11 A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
- 12 Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English yoman, yeman, from Old English *ġēamann, from Proto-West Germanic *gauwjamann (compare Old Frisian gāman (“villager”), Middle High German göuman (“peasant”)), compound of Proto-West Germanic *gawi (“shire, district”) (compare Old English -ġē, -ġēa (“district, region”) (in ælġē, Sūþriġēa), West Frisian gea, goa, Dutch gouw, German Gau) + *mann (“man”).
Etymology 2
From yeoman.
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