Definitions for yeomen

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yeomen yeo·man

Spelling: [yoh-muh n]

IPA: /ˈyoʊ mən/

Yeomen is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in yeomen (eemnoy).

Definitions for yeomen

noun

1. a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
2. British. a farmer who cultivates his own land.
3. History/Historical. one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land, early admitted in England to political rights.
4. Archaic. a servant, attendant, or subordinate official in a royal or other great household. a subordinate or assistant, as of a sheriff or other official or in a craft or trade.

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, composed of, or characteristic of yeomen:
2. performed or rendered in a loyal, valiant, useful, or workmanlike manner, especially in situations that involve a great deal of effort or labor:

Origin of yeomen

1300-50; Middle English yeman, yoman, probably reduced forms of yengman, yongman, yungman, with similar sense; see young, man¹

Examples for yeomen

Today, the yeomen of the Guard continue this historic search, in addition to more hi-tec security checks by police.

The yeomen were eagerly watching their comrades' attempts to force the door.

Then all the yeomen were silenced by the scorn of his words.

No end of yeomen on the beaches; the cream of agricultural England.

Of those Yorkshire yeomen, one is too tall and the other too short for that bold knave.

These were very different from the yeomen he had seen at Dunseveric.

The tall pines themselves shook with the cheer which the yeomen raised.

And what appetites these yeomen and cattle-dealers have got, to be sure!

The Sakya yeomen justly pride themselves On their free institutions.

But the yeos (meaning the yeomen) will call out mightily,—'Piper!