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Definition of Yeomans

Yeoman
Yeoman Yeo"man, n.; pl. Yeomen. [OE. yoman, [yogh]eman, [yogh]oman; of uncertain origin; perhaps the first, syllable is akin to OFries. g[=a] district, region, G. gau, OHG. gewi, gouwi, Goth. gawi. [root]100.] 1. A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born. Note: A yeoman in England is considered as next in order to the gentry. The word is little used in the United States, unless as a title in law proceedings and instruments, designating occupation, and this only in particular States. 2. A servant; a retainer. [Obs.] A yeman hadde he and servants no mo. --Chaucer. 3. A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry. [Eng.] 4. (Naut.) An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores. Yeoman of the guard, one of the bodyguard of the English sovereign, consisting of the hundred yeomen, armed with partisans, and habited in the costume of the sixteenth century. They are members of the royal household.

Meaning of Yeomans from wikipedia

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- Yeoman /ˈjoʊmən/ is a noun originally referring either to one who owns and cultivates land or to the middle ranks of servants in an English royal or noble...
- 1874 as a Liberal member. He was born in Halifax, the son of Henry Yeomans. Yeomans was elected to the provincial ****embly in an 1874 by-election held...
- cinematographer Thomas Yeoman (1709 or 1710–1782) English millwright, surveyor and civil engineer Yeoman (disambiguation) Yeomans (surname) Youmans (surname)...
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- Zealand Yeoman (surname) Yeoman Aviation, an Australian company set up to produce agricultural aircraft, such as the Yeoman Cropmaster Yeomans, butterflies...
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