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yeoman
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…
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- 6
- Starts with
- Y
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- EOMA
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
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).
A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
A Yeoman Warder.
A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.