American English pronunciation
How to pronounce yeoman
IPA transcription: ['joʊmən]
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Noun
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officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
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in former times was free and cultivated his own land
Usage examples
- His son, the eighth Earl, was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry.
- This necessitated the disbandment of the Yeomanry Mounted Division.
- Among the most important wheat varieties he bred were Little Joss and Yeoman.
- Sobeys, a Nova Scotia grocery chain, dismissed Yeomans, an employee of ten years.
- By this time, yeoman settlement in the area was increasing at a considerable pace.