noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
farmer
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He was the fifth Richard Gough in succession to live as a small freeholder and yeoman farmer at Newton.
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Many of the early Willses were yeomen farmers .
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Then the Shelleys of Michelgrove, rich yeoman farmers , arrived and built this stylish house in the early 1640s.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brampton was a gentleman usher with extensive mercantile interests, and Welles another yeoman of the crown.
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He was heavily guarded, two yeoman warders being in the room with him and another at the door.
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In the end, Phillis prefers the courtship of a yeoman , Corydon.
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Inside he found a sleepy yeoman and a cooler dispensing Stateside water.
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It was protected by yeomen of the guard wearing the royal red and gold livery.
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The yeoman informed him that the public information officer was also the base first lieutenant and had important business else-where.
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The definition of yeomen was complex, a matter of subtle distinctions.