yeomen in English

noun
1
a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.
A market revolution occurred as a yeoman and cash crop agriculture and capitalist manufacturing replaced artisan economy.
2
a servant in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom or a squire and a page.
One contemporary account notes that before her visit to Croydon in April and May 1585 a gentleman usher called Francis Coot and nine yeomen and grooms spent eight days making ready for her Majesty the Bishop's house.
3
a member of the yeomanry force.
Many stories told about O'Keefe recount his daring and athletic escapes from pursuing yeomen and soldiers.
4
a petty officer in the US Navy or Coast Guard performing clerical duties on board ship.
For cold weather wear there was a navy blue cape. The normal Yeoman 's rating badge was worn on the jacket's left sleeve.

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1. Many of the early Willses were yeomen farmers.

2. The yeomen were the major producers in the Wei Dynasty.

3. The definition of yeomen was complex, a matter of subtle distinctions.

4. He would repeat the word " Yeomen " as if it afforded him consolation. Sentencedict.com

5. Yeoman Bedgoer Joseph Patterson, Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard

6. With it came the ceremonial post of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.

7. Michael Barwell, Yeoman Bedgoer, The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard

8. It was protected by yeomen of the guard wearing the royal red and gold livery.

9. You wait ages, then two semi-staged versions of The Yeomen of the Guard arrive within months.

10. But some had administrative jobs as female yeomen , so-called yeomanettes, in the Naval Reserve and Coast Guard.

11. Room was also found in one act for men of £5 perannum plus yeomen, or servants, who were 40s. freeholders.

12. It's obvious that agricultural capitalism was promoted by the yeomen , but not by the landlords who were forced aboard to the commercial economy.

13. Second, it dealt a telling blow to villeinage, and third, a new class of yeomen farmers emerged, paving the way to the development of capitalism.

14. The uprising dealt a telling blow to villeinage, and a whole new class of yeomen farmers emerged, paving the way for the development of capitalism.

15. Commonly known as Beefeaters, the elaborately uniformed Yeomen were introduced in 1485 by Henry VII to help guard the Tower – then a cobbled complex where not …

16. Now look you, my merry men, that you do no harm to yeomen, or to them that till with the plough, or to the knight or squire who is kind to the poor.

17. The Commonalty (1) ("The middle people of England") Citizens and Burgesses* Yeomen* Professionals* Merchants Lawyers Administrators Clergy* The Commonalty (2) "The fourth sort or class" Small merchants or retailers Day-labourers*, husbandmen

18. Under James I, the Bedchamber was established as a semi-autonomous department (overseen by the Groom of the Stole) with its own hierarchy of Gentlemen, Grooms and Yeomen, which usurped those of the Privy Chamber in terms of their influence with and closeness to the King.