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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Yeoman's Service Regular hard work; effectual service; excellent service whether in a good or bad cause. The reference is to the yeomen of the Free Companies. "The whole training of Port Royal did him yeoman's service."- Shorthouse Sir Percival, p. 56. "We found a long knife, and a knotted hand-kerchief stained with blood, with which Claude had no doubt recently done yeoman's service."- Miss Robinson: Whitefriars, chap. viii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Utility | Act a part; (action); perform a function, discharge a function; render a service, render good service, render yeoman's service; bestead, stand one in good stead be the making of; help. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "YEOMAN'S SERVICE": do yeoman's service. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "YEOMAN'S SERVICE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | értékes segítséget nyújt (to do yeoman service, to do yeoman's service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yeoman'say ervicesay ajuta la nevoie (do yeoman's service). (various references) безупречная служба (yeoman service), помощь в нужде (yeoman service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-c-e-e-e-i-m-n-o-r-s-s-v-y" | |
-5 letters: ceremonies, creaminess, serviceman, servicemen, severances, yeomanries. | |
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