yeoman

See also: Yeoman

English

WOTD – 30 September 2009

Etymology

From Middle English yoman, yeman, from Old English *ġēamann (compare Old Frisian gāman (“villager”), Middle Dutch goymann (“arbiter”)), compound of ġē, ġēa (“district, region”) (in ælġē, Sūþriġēa), from Proto-Germanic *gawją (compare West Frisian gea, goa, Dutch gouw, German Gau) + mann (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjəʊ.mən/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊ.mən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈjiː.mən/
• Rhymes: -əʊmən

Noun

yeoman (plural yeomen)

1. (UK) 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).
2. (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
3. (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
4. A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
5. A Yeoman Warder.
6. A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
7. (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
8. A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
9. A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
10. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus , of Asia and Australasia.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chief yeoman of the signals
• common yeoman
• good yeoman service
• king's yeoman
• navigator's yeoman
• queen's yeoman
• traveling yeoman
• yeoman archer

• yeoman of the king's pantry
• yeoman of the king's buttery
• yeoman of the horse or carriage
• yeoman usher of the black rod
• yeomanry
• yeomanry cavalry

• yeoman's job
• yeoman's service
• yeoman of the stores
• yeoman of the chamber
• yeomen of the crown
• yeomen of the guard
• yeowoman

Translations

official in a royal or high noble household

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small freeholder

• Bulgarian: йо́мен m (jómen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自耕農／自耕农 (zh), 自耕农 (zh) (zìgēngnóng)

• Dutch: kleine landeigenaar
• Finnish: talonpoika (fi)
• French: franc-tenancier (fr) m
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• German: Freisasse m
• Russian: йо́мен (ru) m (jómen)
• Spanish: terrateniente (es) m

subordinate

• Finnish: avustaja (fi)
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• French: valet (fr) m
• Irish: gíománach m

Yeoman Warder — see Yeoman Warder

clerk in navy or coast guard

• Bulgarian: писар (bg) m (pisar)
• Spanish: edecán (es) m or f
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nautical: person in charge of the storeroom

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文書軍士／文书军士 (wénshū jūnshì), 文书军士 (wénshū jūnshì)

Further reading

• yeoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Yeoman in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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French

Noun

yeoman m (plural yeomans)

1. yeoman

Derived terms

• yeomanerie

Further reading

• “yeoman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeoman.

Noun

yeoman m (plural yeomeni)

1. yeoman

Declension

Declension of yeoman

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) yeoman	yeomanul	(niște) yeomeni	yeomenii
genitive/dative	(unui) yeoman	yeomanului	(unor) yeomeni	yeomenilor
vocative	yeomanule		yeomenilor