[yeo.man] n [ME yoman] (14c) 1 a: an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household b: a person attending or assisting another: retainer c: yeoman of the guard d: a naval petty officer who performs clerical duties
2. a: a person who owns and cultivates a small farm; specif: one belonging to a class of English freeholders below the gentry b: a person of the social rank of yeoman
3: one that performs great and loyal service "did a ~'s job in seeing the program through"