yeoman

See also: Yeoman

English

WOTD – 30 September 2009

Etymology

From Middle English yoman, yeman, from Old English *ġēamann, from Proto-West Germanic *gauwjamann (compare Old Frisian gāman (“villager”), Middle Dutch goymann (“arbiter”)), compound of Proto-West Germanic *gawi (“shire, district”) (compare Old English -ġē, -ġēa (“district, region”) (in ælġē, Sūþriġēa), West Frisian gea, goa, Dutch gouw, German Gau) + *mann (“man”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjəʊ.mən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊ.mən/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈjiː.mən/
• Rhymes: -əʊmən

Noun

yeoman (plural yeomen)

1. (UK) An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder).
2. (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
3. (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
4. A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
5. A Yeoman Warder.
6. A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
7. (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
8. A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
9. A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
10. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chief yeoman of the signals
• common yeoman
• good yeoman service
• king's yeoman
• navigator's yeoman
• queen's yeoman
• traveling yeoman
• yeoman archer
• yeoman of the king's pantry
• yeoman of the king's buttery
• yeoman of the horse or carriage
• yeoman usher of the black rod
• yeomanry
• yeomanry cavalry
• yeoman service, yeoman's service
• yeoman's job
• yeoman of the stores
• yeoman of the chamber
• yeomen of the crown
• yeomen of the guard
• yeoman service
• yeoman work
• yeowoman

Translations

official in a royal or high noble household

small freeholder

• Bulgarian: йо́мен m (jómen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自耕農 / 自耕农 (zh) (zìgēngnóng)

• Dutch: kleine landeigenaar
• Finnish: talonpoika (fi)
• French: franc-tenancier (fr) m
• German: Freisasse m
• Ottoman Turkish: سپاهی (sipahi)
• Russian: йо́мен (ru) m (jómen)
• Spanish: terrateniente (es) m

subordinate

• Finnish: avustaja (fi)
• French: valet (fr) m
• Irish: gíománach m

Yeoman Warder — see Yeoman Warder

clerk in navy or coast guard

• Bulgarian: писар (bg) m (pisar)
• Spanish: edecán (es) m or f

nautical: person in charge of the storeroom

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文書軍士 / 文书军士 (wénshū jūnshì)

Further reading

• yeoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Yeoman in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeoman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jo.man/

  • Audio (Nancy):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -an
• Homophone: yeomans

Noun

yeoman m (plural (traditional) yeomen or yeomans)

1. (historical) yeoman

Derived terms

• yeomanerie

Further reading

• “yeoman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Aymone

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeoman.

Noun

yeoman m (plural yeomeni)

1. yeoman

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	yeoman	yeomanul		yeomeni	yeomenii
genitive-dative	yeoman	yeomanului		yeomeni	yeomenilor
vocative	yeomanule			yeomenilor