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Yeoman

noun
/ˈjəʊ.mən/
Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

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

Synonyms

beefeateryeoman of the guardassistantyemanyeomanhoodyeoman warderyeoman of the chamberyeoman serviceyeoman workyeomanryexemptexon

Rhymes With

omenabdomengnomonbowmannomenhome indromonsoman
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