Yeoman
['jəʊmən] or ['jomən]
Definition
(noun.) in former times was free and cultivated his own land.
(noun.) officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.
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Definition
(n.) A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.
(n.) A servant; a retainer.
(n.) A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry.
(n.) An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.
Typist: Pierce
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Freeholder, commoner, farmer.
Checker: Presley
Definition
n. in early English history a common menial attendant but after the fifteenth century one of a class of small freeholders forming the next grade below gentlemen: a man of small estate any small farmer or countryman above the grade of labourer: an officer of the royal household: a member of the yeomanry cavalry: (Shak.) a journeyman assistant: a gentleman in a royal or noble household ranking between a sergeant and a groom.—adj. Yeo′manly of yeoman's rank: humble and honest.—adv. staunchly bravely.—n. Yeo′manry the collective body of yeomen or smaller freeholders: a cavalry volunteer force in Great Britain formed during the wars of the French Revolution its organisation by counties under the lords-lieutenant raised and drilled locally the men providing their own horses and uniform.—Yeomen of the guard a veteran company of picked soldiers employed in conjunction with the gentlemen-at-arms on grand occasions as the sovereign's bodyguard—constituted a corps in 1485 by Henry VII. and still wearing the costume of that period; Yeoman's service powerful aid such as came from the yeomen in the English armies of early times.
Typist: Martha
Examples
- Good fruit, Sir Knight, said the yeoman, will sometimes grow on a sorry tree; and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Gramercy for the gift, bold yeoman, said the Knight; and better help than thine and thy rangers would I never seek, were it at my utmost need. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Why, hermit, was the yeoman's first question as soon as he beheld the knight, what boon companion hast thou here? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Under favour, sir, replied the yeoman, I have another reason for refraining to shoot, besides the fearing discomfiture and disgrace. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I always add my hollo, said the yeoman, when I see a good shot, or a gallant blow. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It was she, then, said the yeoman, who was carried off by the proud Templar, when he broke through our ranks on yester-even. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He satisfied himself, however, with commanding the men-at-arms, who surrounded the lists, to keep an eye on the braggart, pointing to the yeoman. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Well blown and clearly, said the yeoman; beshrew me an thou knowest not as much of woodcraft as of war! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Thus equipped, the locomotive was found quite satisfactory, and long did yeoman service. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Prince John coloured as he put the question, What is thy name, yeoman? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I should in that case hold you, replied the yeoman, a friend to the weaker party. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I thought you were a first-class yeoman, Karkov said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Marius made no attempt on the model of the Gracchi to restore the backbone of the army by rehabilitating the yeoman class. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The stout yeoman Locksley was the first who was aware of it, as he was hasting to the outwork, impatient to see the progress of the assault. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Locksley, answered the yeoman. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Hence, when his name was casually mentioned by neighbouring yeomen, the listener said, Ah, Clym Yeobright--what is he doing now? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- De Bracy bowed low and in silence, and was about to withdraw, when the yeomen burst at once into a shout of execration and derision. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Beneath this tree four or five yeomen lay stretched on the ground, while another, as sentinel, walked to and fro in the moonlight shade. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And, between two yeomen, was brought before the silvan throne of the outlaw Chief, our old friend, Prior Aymer of Jorvaulx. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Say as thou list, Wamba, replied the Knight, these yeomen did thy master Cedric yeomanly service at Torquilstone. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Keep a close watch on them therefore; and dispatch one of your comrades, the lightest of foot, to bring the news of the yeomen thereabout. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Then, Locksley, said Prince John, thou shalt shoot in thy turn, when these yeomen have displayed their skill. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Three mots on this bugle will, I am assured, bring round, at our need, a jolly band of yonder honest yeomen. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Prince John stepped from his royal seat to view more nearly the persons of these chosen yeomen, several of whom wore the royal livery. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If any of the old English yeomen had turned into fairies when they died, it was just the place in which they would have held their revels. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But the leader of the yeomen led him aside. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Squires, pages, and yeomen in rich liveries, waited around this place of honour, which was designed for Prince John and his attendants. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- No--only a few outlawed yeomen were around him, and to these his person is unknown. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The yeomen and commons, said De Bracy, must not be dismissed discontented, for lack of their share in the sports. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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