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Definitions for Yeoman

[1] a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
[2] British . a farmer who cultivates his own land.
[3] History/Historical . one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land, early admitted in England to political rights.
[4] Archaic . a servant, attendant, or subordinate official in a royal or other great household. a subordinate or assistant, as of a sheriff or other official or in a craft or trade.
[5] of, pertaining to, composed of, or characteristic of yeomen: the yeoman class.
[6] performed or rendered in a loyal, valiant, useful, or workmanlike manner, especially in situations that involve a great deal of effort or labor: He did a yeoman job on the problem.
[7] history a member of a class of small freeholders of common birth who cultivated their own land an assistant or other subordinate to an official, such as a sheriff, or to a craftsman or trader an attendant or lesser official in a royal or noble household
[8] (in Britain) another name for yeoman of the guard
[9] (modifier) characteristic of or relating to a yeoman
[10] a petty officer or noncommissioned officer in the Royal Navy or Marines in charge of signals

Words related to Yeoman

servant, assistant, clerk, commoner, farmer, subordinate, churl, attendant, freeholder

Words nearby Yeoman

yenisei ostyak, yeniseian, yenta, yentai, yeo., yeoman, yeoman of the guard, yeoman's service, yeomanly, yeomanry, yep

Origin of Yeoman

1300–50; Middle English yeman, yoman, probably reduced forms of yengman, yongman, yungman, with similar sense; see young, man1

Word origin for Yeoman

C15: perhaps from yongman young man

Synonyms for Yeoman

assistant, attendant, churl, clerk, commoner, farmer, freeholder, servant, subordinate