yeoman
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noun- 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).
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(US)A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
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(historical)A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
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A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
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A Yeoman Warder.
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A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
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(nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
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A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
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A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
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Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.
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ine ḱómine h₂ékʷeh₂ gem-pro From Middle English yeman, yoman, of disputed etymology: * From Old English *ġēamann, from *gawamann, variant of *gauwjamann (compare gāman villager, göuman peasant), compound of *gawi (shire, district) (compare -ġē, -ġēa (district, region) (in ælġē, Sūþriġēa), gea, goa, gouw, Gau) + *mann (man). * A contraction of yong man;