Yeo"man (?), n.; pl.
Yeomen (#). [OE. yoman, &yogh;eman,
&yogh;oman; of uncertain origin; perhaps the first, syllable is
akin to OFries. gā district, region, G. gau, OHG.
gewi, gouwi, Goth. gawi. √100.]
1. A common man, or one of the commonly of the
first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free
born.
&fist; A yeoman in England is considered as next in order to
the gentry. The word is little used in the United States, unless as a
title in law proceedings and instruments, designating occupation, and
this only in particular States.
2. A servant; a retainer. [Obs.]
A yeman hadde he and servants no
mo.
Chaucer.
3. A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of
the yeomanry cavalry. [Eng.]
4. (Naut.) An interior officer under
the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage,
account, and distribution of the stores.
Yeoman of the guard, one of the bodyguard of
the English sovereign, consisting of the hundred yeomen, armed with
partisans, and habited in the costume of the sixteenth century. They
are members of the royal household.
Yeo"man (?), n.; pl.
Yeomen (#). [OE. yoman, &yogh;eman,
&yogh;oman; of uncertain origin; perhaps the first, syllable is
akin to OFries. gā district, region, G. gau, OHG.
gewi, gouwi, Goth. gawi. √100.]
1. A common man, or one of the commonly of the
first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free
born.
&fist; A yeoman in England is considered as next in order to
the gentry. The word is little used in the United States, unless as a
title in law proceedings and instruments, designating occupation, and
this only in particular States.
2. A servant; a retainer. [Obs.]
A yeman hadde he and servants no
mo.
Chaucer.
3. A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of
the yeomanry cavalry. [Eng.]
4. (Naut.) An interior officer under
the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage,
account, and distribution of the stores.
Yeoman of the guard, one of the bodyguard of
the English sovereign, consisting of the hundred yeomen, armed with
partisans, and habited in the costume of the sixteenth century. They
are members of the royal household.
