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See also: Yeoman
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English yoman, yeman, from Old English *ġēamann, from Proto-West Germanic *gauwjamann (compare Old Frisian gāman (“villager”), Middle Dutch goymann (“arbiter”)), 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”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjəʊ.mən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjoʊ.mən/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈjiː.mən/[3]
- Rhymes: -əʊmən
Noun
[edit]yeoman (plural yeomen)
- (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).
- (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
- (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
- A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
- A Yeoman Warder.
- A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
- (nautical) 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.
Derived terms
[edit]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 service, yeoman's service
- yeoman's job
- yeoman of the stores
- yeoman of the chamber
- yeomen of the crown
- yeomen of the guard
- yeoman service
- yeoman work
- yeowoman
Translations
[edit]official in a royal or high noble household
small freeholder
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Yeoman Warder — see Yeoman Warder
References
[edit]- ^ Robert K. Barnhart, ed., Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, s.v. “yeoman” (Edinburgh: Chambers, [2008], c1988), 1253.
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edn., s.v. “yeoman”.
- ^ Thomas Sheridan (1790) A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and Meaning[1], volume 2, C. Dilly
Further reading
[edit]yeoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Yeoman in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yeoman m (plural (traditional) yeomen or yeomans)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “yeoman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]yeoman m (plural yeomeni)
Declension
[edit]Declension of yeoman
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱóm
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂ékʷeh₂
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/əʊmən
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- English lemmas
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- en:Nautical
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- en:Nymphalid butterflies
- en:Occupations
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