YEOMAN Definition & Meaning

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yeoman

[yoh-muhn]

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noun

plural

yeomen

a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
British.��a farmer who cultivates his own land.
History/Historical.��one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land, early admitted in England to political rights.
Archaic.��
1. a servant, attendant, or subordinate official in a royal or other great household.
2. a subordinate or assistant, as of a sheriff or other official or in a craft or trade.

adjective

of, pertaining to, composed of, or characteristic of yeomen.
the yeoman class.
performed or rendered in a loyal, valiant, useful, or workmanlike manner, especially in situations that involve a great deal of effort or labor.
He did a yeoman job on the problem.

yeoman

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noun

history
1. a member of a class of small freeholders of common birth who cultivated their own land
2. an assistant or other subordinate to an official, such as a sheriff, or to a craftsman or trader
3. an attendant or lesser official in a royal or noble household
(in Britain) another name for yeoman of the guard
(modifier) characteristic of or relating to a yeoman
a petty officer or noncommissioned officer in the Royal Navy or Marines in charge of signals

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of yeoman¹

1300–50; Middle English yeman, yoman, probably reduced forms of yengman, yongman, yungman, with similar sense; young, man

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of yeoman¹

C15: perhaps from yongman young man

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That’s a fundamental concern of sculpture in every artistic age and culture — its brass ring, if you will — and here it does yeoman’s work in energizing spaces both actual and illusionistic.

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Coast Guard, serving as a yeoman first class from 1955 to 1959 before coming to the Pacific Northwest to pursue his education.

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The yeoman is shown in TikTok videos on his @harpydaniels account lip-syncing and dancing seductively while wearing outrageous female wigs, makeup and costumes.

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Federalists, typified by Manhattanite Alexander Hamilton, desired a restless, churning urban nation and opposed the Jeffersonian vision of a republic of rural yeomen.

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A decade later, after what colleagues and constituents called the senator’s yeoman service as an advocate on health and environmental issues, a hidden side of Mr. Durenberger began to surface.

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