What is another word for yeoman?
197 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ j_ˈəʊ_m_ə_n], [ jˈə͡ʊmən], [ jˈəʊmən]Table of Contents
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Definition for Yeoman:
- y[= o]' man, n. in early English history, a common menial attendant, but after the fifteenth century, one of a class of small freeholders, forming the next grade below gentlemen: a man of small estate, any small farmer or countryman above the grade of labourer: an officer of the royal household: a member of the yeomanry cavalry: ( Shak.) a journeyman, assistant: a gentleman in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom.-- adj. YEO'MANLY, of yeoman's rank: humble and honest.-- adv. staunchly, bravely.-- n. YEO'MANRY, the collective body of yeomen or smaller freeholders: a cavalry volunteer force in Great Britain, formed during the wars of the French Revolution, its organisation by counties, under the lords-lieutenant, raised and drilled locally, the men providing their own horses and uniform.-- YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, a veteran company of picked soldiers, employed in conjunction with the gentlemen-at-arms on grand occasions as the sovereign's bodyguard-- constituted a corps in 1485 by Henry VII., and still wearing the costume of that period; YEOMAN'S SERVICE, powerful aid, such as came from the yeomen in the English armies of early times. [ M. E. yoman, yemen, doubtless from an A.S. gáman, not found, but seen in Old Frisian g[= a]man, villager-- g[= a], a village ( Ger. gau, district), man, man.]
Synonyms for Yeoman:
n.
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- clerk.
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- farmhand,
- farmer,
- commoner,
- dirt farmer.
Other synonyms:
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- man.
- snips,
- Yeomen,
- raiser,
- subordinate,
- chap,
- waiter,
- gunner,
- guard,
- male,
- haymaker,
- plowman,
- lackey,
- Footboy,
- faithful,
- peon,
- copyboy,
- horticulturist,
- bootblack,
- tree farmer,
- churl,
- jumper lead,
- caddie,
- Homager,
- picker,
- myrmidon,
- dependent,
- grower,
- hand,
- plowboy,
- warder,
- convoy,
- kibbutznik,
- Ranchman,
- cabin boy,
- countryman,
- sir,
- muzhik,
- fellow,
- solid,
- gentleman-at-arms,
- guardsman,
- manhood,
- stoker,
- planter,
- radio operator,
- servant,
- harvestman,
- liege,
- dedicated,
- swain,
- snip,
- agriculturist,
- florist,
- tender,
- good man,
- backwoodsman,
- unwavering,
- staunch,
- mister,
- loyal,
- underling,
- bellhop,
- granger,
- minion,
- truck farmer,
- sahib,
- Agricultor,
- boy,
- cultivator,
- stooge,
- gentleman farmer,
- bellman,
- Yeomanly,
- Agriculturalist,
- adolescence,
- outrider,
- sower,
- oiler,
- boor,
- squire,
- agronomist,
- husband,
- vassal,
- steward,
- usher,
- creature,
- hostess,
- jumper cable,
- firm,
- reaper,
- wight,
- errand boy,
- Boots,
- agrologist,
- slave,
- retainer,
- cupbearer,
- beau,
- trainbearer,
- kolkhoznik,
- office girl,
- stewardess,
- reliable,
- married man,
- bellboy,
- chore boy,
- liege man,
- praetorian guard,
- youth,
- yeoman of the guard,
- hanger-on,
- gardener,
- blade,
- Viticulturist,
- rustic,
- cavalryman,
- vigneron,
- sparks,
- yeomanry,
- Chips,
- steadfast,
- rancher,
- roustabout,
- sturdy,
- serf,
- cropper,
- hebe,
- useful,
- Guards,
- ganymede,
- airline stewardess,
- feudatory,
- complement,
- habitat,
- gaffer,
- gofer,
- smallholder,
- assistant,
- gentleman,
- tiller,
- inferior,
- Him,
- husbandman,
- page,
- he,
- attendant,
- woodcutter,
- beefeater,
- workmanlike,
- office boy,
- unswerving,
- watch,
- follower,
- courageous,
- deckhand,
- elf,
- orderly,
- peasant,
- flunky,
- sharecropper,
- fireman,
- purser,
- kulak,
- bungs,
- crofter,
- safeguard,
- Understrapper,
- batman,
- harvester,
- tenant farmer.
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Hyponym for Yeoman:
n.
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person
freeholder.
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person
