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yeoman (yō`mən), class in English society. The term has always been ill-defined, but generally it means a freeholder of a lower status than gentleman who cultivates his own land. With the breakdown of medieval systems of tenure the numbers of this class increased and formed the basis for a rural middle class. Certain retainers of a fairly high rank in noble households were also called yeomen, and thus the name was given to specific branches of the royal household, e.g., Yeomen of the Horse or Yeomen of the Guard Yeomen of the Guard, bodyguard, now ceremonial in function, of the sovereign of England. When the guard was originated by Henry VII in 1485, its members had numerous duties as defenders of the king's person and household functionaries.
..... Click the link for more information. . The yeoman foot soldiers of the Hundred Years War were the troops most personally in the service of the king. The more modern military use of the term dates from the 18th cent., when voluntary cavalry units called the yeomanry were used to suppress riots. From 1794 they were organized into regiments. Their service in the South African War (1899–1902) earned them the name Imperial Yeomanry, and in 1907 they became a part of the Territorial Army.

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a. a member of a class of small freeholders of common birth who cultivated their own land

b. an assistant or other subordinate to an official, such as a sheriff, or to a craftsman or trader

c. an attendant or lesser official in a royal or noble household

2. (in Britain) another name for yeoman of the guard

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No references found	One noontide I was by Franklin Swinton's gate, when up he rides with a yeoman pricker at his heels. The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context Some there are, however, of this rank upon whom passion exercises its tyranny, and hurries them far beyond the bounds which decorum prescribes; of these the ladies are as much distinguished by their noble intrepidity, and a certain superior contempt of reputation, from the frail ones of meaner degree, as a virtuous woman of quality is by the elegance and delicacy of her sentiments from the honest wife of a yeoman and shopkeeper. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context It breeds as quickly as the yeoman, and as soundly; strong is the temptation to acclaim it as a super-yeoman, who carries his country's virtue overseas. Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context	yelm Yeltsin, Boris Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich Yelü Chucai Yemanj‡ Festival Yemen Yemen Arab Republic Yemen Independence and National Days Yemen Revolution Days Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Southern yen Yen Bai Uprising 1930 Yen Fu Yen Li-Pen Yen, James Y. C. Yen-t'ai Yenakiyeve Yenan Yenangyaung Yenikale Strait Yenisei Yenisey River Yenping Yeobright, Eustacia yeoman yeoman of the guard yeomanry Yeomen Yeomen of the Guard Yeosu Yeotmal Yeovil yerba buena Yerba Buena Island yerba maté Yerby, Frank Yerevan Yerevan Art Gallery Yerevan Chickens Yerevan Khanate Yerevan Medical Institute Yerevan Polytechnic Institute Yerevan Zooveterinary Institute Yerevan, University of Yerk Yerkes Observatory Yerkes system Yerkes, Charles T. Yerkes, Charles Tyson Yerkes, Robert	yenning yenning yenning Yenping yens yens yens yens YENT yenta yenta Yentai Yentai yentas Yentl syndrome YENW YEO Yeo Mill Yeo Mill Yeo Mill Yeo Vale Yeo Vale Yeo Vale yeo. YeO3 YeO8 Yeobright, Eustacia Yeochon Naphtha Cracking Centre Yeoh Tiong Lay YEOM yeoman Yeoman Creek Landfill Yeoman First Class Yeoman Light Aircraft Company yeoman of signals yeoman of signals yeoman of signals yeoman of signals yeoman of the guard yeoman of the guard Yeoman Seaman Recruit Yeoman Second Class Yeoman Third Class Yeoman warden Yeomanlike Yeomanly Yeomanly Yeomanly yeomanries yeomanries yeomanry yeomanry yeomanry Yeomanry cavalry Yeomen Yeomen Yeomen yeomen of signals yeomen of signals yeomen of signals yeomen of the guard

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One noontide I was by Franklin Swinton's gate, when up he rides with a yeoman pricker at his heels.

The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

Some there are, however, of this rank upon whom passion exercises its tyranny, and hurries them far beyond the bounds which decorum prescribes; of these the ladies are as much distinguished by their noble intrepidity, and a certain superior contempt of reputation, from the frail ones of meaner degree, as a virtuous woman of quality is by the elegance and delicacy of her sentiments from the honest wife of a yeoman and shopkeeper.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

It breeds as quickly as the yeoman, and as soundly; strong is the temptation to acclaim it as a super-yeoman, who carries his country's virtue overseas.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

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