yeoman
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See also: Yeoman
English
Etymology
From Middle English yoman, yeman, from Old English *ġēamann, from Proto-West Germanic *gauwjamann (compare Old Frisian gāman (“villager”), Middle Dutch goymann (“arbiter”)), 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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjəʊ.mən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjoʊ.mən/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈjiː.mən/
- Rhymes: -əʊmən
Noun
yeoman (plural yeomen)
- (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).
- (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
- (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
- A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
- A Yeoman Warder.
- A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
- (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
- A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
- A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- chief yeoman of the signals
- common yeoman
- good yeoman service
- king's yeoman
- navigator's yeoman
- queen's yeoman
- traveling yeoman
- yeoman archer
- yeoman of the king's pantry
- yeoman of the king's buttery
- yeoman of the horse or carriage
- yeoman usher of the black rod
- yeomanry
- yeomanry cavalry
- yeoman service, yeoman's service
- yeoman's job
- yeoman of the stores
- yeoman of the chamber
- yeomen of the crown
- yeomen of the guard
- yeoman service
- yeoman work
- yeowoman
Translations
official in a royal or high noble household
small freeholder
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Yeoman Warder — see Yeoman Warder
References
- ^ Robert K. Barnhart, ed., Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, s.v. “yeoman” (Edinburgh: Chambers, , c1988), 1253.
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edn., s.v. “yeoman”.
- ^ Thomas Sheridan (1790) A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and Meaning, volume 2, C. Dilly
Further reading
yeoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Yeoman in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
yeoman m (plural (traditional) yeomen or yeomans)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “yeoman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
yeoman m (plural yeomeni)
Declension
Declension of yeoman
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) yeoman | yeomanul | (niște) yeomeni | yeomenii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) yeoman | yeomanului | (unor) yeomeni | yeomenilor |
| vocative | yeomanule | yeomenilor | ||