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yeoman

noun

  1. member of a social class in England and the United States
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊ.mən/ / /ˈjoʊ.mən/ / /ˈjəʉ.mən/

name

Etymology: From yeoman.

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A town in Jefferson Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English yeman, yoman, of disputed etymology: * From Old English *ġēamann, from Proto-West Germanic *gawamann, variant of *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”). * A contraction of yong man; compare dialectal yeomath (“aftermath”) for a possible parallel.

  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).
  2. A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
  3. A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.

    “This model of production costs might alternatively be derived from a yeoman farmer model, in which households supply goods directly[.]”

  4. A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
  5. A Yeoman Warder.
  6. A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
  7. In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
  8. A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
  9. A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
  10. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.