YEOMAN


Meaning of YEOMAN in English

n. (pl. -men)

1. esp. hist. a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate.

2 hist. a person qualified by possessing free land of an annual value of 40 shillings to serve on juries, vote for the knight of the shire, etc.

3 Brit. a member of the yeomanry force.

4 hist. a servant in a royal or noble household.

5 (in full yeoman of signals) a petty officer in the Navy, concerned with visual signalling.

6 US a petty officer performing clerical duties on board ship.

Phrases and idioms:

Yeoman of the Guard

1. a member of the British sovereign's bodyguard.

2 (in general use) a warder in the Tower of London. yeoman (or yeoman's) service efficient or useful help in need. Yeoman Usher Brit. the deputy of Black Rod.

Derivatives:

yeomanly adj.

Etymology: ME yoman, yeman, etc., prob. f. YOUNG + MAN

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.