yeoman
    n 1: officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British
         monarch [syn: yeoman, yeoman of the guard, beefeater]
    2: in former times was free and cultivated his own land

Yeoman \Yeo"man\, n.; pl. Yeomen. [OE. yoman, [yogh]eman,
   [yogh]oman; of uncertain origin; perhaps the first, syllable
   is akin to OFries. g[=a] district, region, G. gau, OHG. gewi,
   gouwi, Goth. gawi. [root]100.]
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   1. A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most
      respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.
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   Note: 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.
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   2. A servant; a retainer. [Obs.]
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            A yeman hadde he and servants no mo.  --Chaucer.
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   3. A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry
      cavalry. [Eng.]
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   4. (Naut.) An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner,
      or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and
      distribution of the stores.
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   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.
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Yeoman, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
   Population (2000):    96
   Housing Units (2000): 47
   Land area (2000):     0.121930 sq. miles (0.315798 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.121930 sq. miles (0.315798 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            85886
   Located within:       Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
   Location:             40.668138 N, 86.723597 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Yeoman, IN
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