Definition of "yeoman" in English

noun

1. (UK) 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).

2. (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.

3. (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.

4. A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.

5. A Yeoman Warder.

6. A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.

7. (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.

8. A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.

9. A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.

10. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.