Australian English Meaning of yeoman

yeoman

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Definitions and Meaning of yeoman in English

Wordnet

yeoman (n)

officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch

in former times was free and cultivated his own land

Webster

yeoman (n.)

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

A servant; a retainer.

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

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

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yeoman

officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch, in former times was free and cultivated his own landA common man, or one of the commonly of the fi

agriculturalist,farmer,smallholder,cropper,cultivator,farmhand,gentleman farmer,grower,Planter,plowman

nonfarmer

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