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The meaning of the word "Yeoman" in English


Yeoman n. : A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.

Yeoman n. : A servant; a retainer.

Yeoman n. : A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry.

Yeoman n. : An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.

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Taxonomy
yeoman, yeomen, archers, yeoman service, yeoman farmer, Yeoman of Signals, duties, Yeoman Warders, Yeomen of the Guard, forests, Yeomen Warders, the Yeomen of the Guard, yeomanry, servant, English, bow, the Middle Ages, lord.

Defination from the web:
Yeoman (pronounced Yo-man) refers to a farmer who cultivates his own land, historically a lesser freeholder of England, below the gentry but with ... A yeoman could be a free man holding a small landed estate, a minor landowner, a small prosperous farmer, especially from the Elizabethan era ... 

synonyms
  (noun) yeoman of the guard
  (noun) beefeater
  (noun) bodyguard
  (noun) escort
  (noun) freeholder


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