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.

  •
  • clerk.
  •
  • farmhand,
  • farmer,
  • commoner,
  • dirt farmer.
  •sailor (noun)
  • ferryman,
  • helmsman,
  • salt,
  • mate,
  • gondolier,
  • tar,
  • sailor,
  • captain,
  • mariner,
  • barge-man,
  • boater,
  • seaman,
  • pilot,
  • steersman,
  • navigator,
  • boatman,
  • ship man,
  • boatswain.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • man.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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.

Antonyms for Yeoman:

• n.

  • worker
    boss, manager, master.

Hyponym for Yeoman:

• n.

  • person
    freeholder.