Meaning of Yeoman | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“This model of production costs might alternatively be derived from a yeoman farmer model, in which households supply goods directly[.]”

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