YEOMAN meaning: Middle-class farmer or freeholder

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General (25 matching dictionaries)

yeoman: Merriam-Webster.com
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yeoman: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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yeoman: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Yeoman, yeoman: Wiktionary
yeoman: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Yeoman (F), Yeoman (US Navy), Yeoman (United States Navy), Yeoman (Wild Cards), Yeoman (computing), Yeoman (disambiguation), Yeoman (software), Yeoman (surname), Yeoman: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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yeoman: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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yeoman: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (UK) 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).
▸ noun:  (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
▸ noun:  (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
▸ noun:  A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
▸ noun:  A Yeoman Warder.
▸ noun:  A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
▸ noun:  (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
▸ noun:  A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
▸ noun:  A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
▸ noun:  Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.
▸ noun:  A surname originating as an occupation.

Opposite:

serf, peasant, slave

Phrases:

yeoman farmer, yeoman service, yeoman work, Yeoman Warder, yeoman usher, more...

Adjectives:

english, sturdy, good, substantial, old, chief, honest, stout, independent, wealthy, bold

Colors:

olive, forest green, khaki, mustard, burgundy, navy blue, maroon, rust, gold, tan

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