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yeoman
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As a noun, yeoman means 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).
Meanings of yeoman
10 meaningsnoun
UKAn 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).
USA dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
A Yeoman Warder.
A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
nauticalIn a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.
Older and rare meanings (1)
historicalA former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).