Yeoman

Definition: Yeoman

Yeoman

Noun

1. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.

2. In former times was free and cultivated his own land.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "yeoman" was first used: 13th century. (references)

Etymology: Yeoman \Yeo"man\, noun; plural Yeomen. [Old English yoman, [yogh]eman, [yogh]oman; of uncertain origin; perhaps the first, syllable is akin to Old Flemmish g[=a] district, region, German gau, Old High German gewi, gouwi, Gothic gawi]. (references)

Literature

Occupations

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Synonyms: Yeoman

Agriculture

Husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist; agricultor, agriculturist; yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman; granger, habitat, vigneron, viticulturist; Triptolemus.

Man

Noun: man, male, he, him; manhood. (adolescence); gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man; husband. (married man); Mr., mister; boy. (youth).

Crosswords: Yeoman

Czech (yeoman).

Yeoman Prince is veryhardworking andtotally loyal. (Wonder Woman; writing credit: Sandra Paretti)

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References

• Yeoman Group plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• A Yeoman Farmer's Son [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

• George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic (reference)

• Good Night Officially: The Pacific War Letters of a Destroyer Sailor: The Letters of Yeoman James Orvill Raines (History and Warfare) (reference)

• The Berkshire Yeomanry: 200 Years of Yeoman Service (reference)

• Yeoman Versus Cavalier: The Old Southwest's Fictional Road to Rebellion (Southern Literary Studies) (reference)

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Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It features the names of 109 U.S. Navy ships, from battleships to tugs and patrol boats. Credit: NAVY.

WAVES at Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, try on the newly-authorized Overseas Cap, while registering varying degrees of approval and disapproval, circa 1944-45. They are (from left to right): Yeoman 2nd Class Bernice Elliot; Yeoman 3rd Class Martha Dietlin; and Seaman 1st Class Kay Magee. Credit: NAVY.

WAVES of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts help wrap Christmas presents for Navy and Marine Corps convalescents at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland, circa 1944. Admiring a package is Yeoman 2nd Class Ann G. Fee. Credit: NAVY.

Portrait photograph in uniform, uncovered, circa 1918-19. She enlisted at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on 16 September 1918, initially in the rating of Yeoman 3rd Class (F) and was discharged on 20 December 1920. Credit: NAVY.

Obverse of identification tag issued to Yeoman (F) Omah Margaret Munier, who served at the Receiving Ship, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in 1918-19. The reverse bears her fingerprint, etched into its face. Credit: NAVY.

Sent to Yeoman 1st Class (F) Omah Margaret Munier on 14 February 1919, informing her of the results of the Yeoman (Female) advancement examinations held on 28 January 1919 and of her advancement in rate as of 1 February 1919. She was serving at the Receiving Ship, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, from 4 May 1918 to 10 August 1919. Credit: NAVY.

Issued to Yeoman (F) Omah Margaret Munier, who served at the Receiving Ship, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, from 4 May 1918 to 10 August 1919. Credit: NAVY.

Moored alongside USS Holland (AS-3), from which the photograph was taken, the submarines are (from left to right): Salmon (SS-182); Seal (SS-183); Pickerel (SS-177); Plunger (SS-179); Snapper (SS-185) and Permit (SS-178). Note the small motor boats, of the type carried by fleet submarines prior to World War II. One of the men standing on Salmon's deck is Yeoman Clayton Johnson, who in 1969 was a Commander serving at the Naval History Division. USS Enterprise (CV-6) is in the distance, tied up at Naval Air Station, North Island. Credit: NAVY.

Production. Jeep engines. This grinding machine in a Midwest plant is doing yeoman service in the production of jeep engines for the Army. Continental Motors, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Yeoman (F) Navy Dep't., White House grounds, Washington, D.C., Feby. 1919. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Economic History

Grenada

The collapse of the sugar estates and the introduction of nutmeg and cocoa encouraged the development of smaller land holdings, and the island developed a land-owning yeoman farmer class. (references)

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1. Yeoman, IN (town, FIPS 85886)
Location: 40.66712 N, 86.72343 W
Population (1990): 131 (49 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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