yeoman
/ˈjəʊ.mən/US/ˈjoʊ.mən/
yeoman noun: 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).
Noun
yeoman (plural yeomen)
- 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).
- A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
- 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[.]2003, Michael Woodford, Interest and Prices, →ISBN, page 150
- A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
- A Yeoman Warder.
- A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
- 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.
Proper noun capitalized: Yeoman
Yeoman (countable and uncountable, plural Yeomans)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A town in Jefferson Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States.
yeoman meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
yeoman in Tamil
- கப்பற்படை சிற்றலுவலர், சுயேச்சைக் குடியானவன்
yeoman in Urdu
- بحریہ کا چھوٹا افسر, داروغہ, مال گزار, زمین دار
yeoman in Kannada
- ಸೈನಿಕ, ಕಾಲಾಳು, ರೈತ, ಒಕ್ಕಲಿಗ, ನಂಬಿಗಸ್ತ, ಬಂಟ
Forms of yeoman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | yeomen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Yeomans |
| alternative form | Yeaman |
| alternative form | Youman |
Origin of yeoman
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.
From yeoman.
Words formed from yeoman
- chief yeoman of the signals
- common yeoman
- good yeoman service
- king's yeoman
- navigator's yeoman
- queen's yeoman
- traveling yeoman
- yeoman archer
- yeomanette
- yeomanhood
- yeomanlike
- yeomanly
- yeoman of the chamber
- yeoman of the horse or carriage
- yeoman of the king's buttery
- yeoman of the king's pantry
- yeoman of the stores
- yeomanry
- yeomanry cavalry
- yeoman service
- yeoman's service
- yeoman's job
- yeoman usher of the black rod
- yeoman work
- yeomen of the crown
- yeomen of the guard
- yeowoman
Phrases with yeoman
Words that rhyme with yeoman
Questions about yeoman
- What does yeoman mean?
- Yeoman means 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).
- What is yeoman in Tamil?
- Yeoman in Tamil is கப்பற்படை சிற்றலுவலர், சுயேச்சைக் குடியானவன். See Yeoman meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is yeoman?
- Yeoman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yeoman?
- Yeoman is pronounced /ˈjəʊ.mən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yeoman?
- The plural of yeoman is yeomen.
Words near yeoman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yeoman (page history and authors); Yeoman (page history and authors); yeoman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yeoman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yeoman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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