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yeoman

/ˈjoʊ.mən/ sustantivo C2

En español: terrateniente, edecán

  1. A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service. (US)
  2. A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
  3. A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
  4. A Yeoman Warder.
  5. A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
  6. In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
  7. A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
  8. A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.

Plural yeomen

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The half-panelled walls may well have belonged to the original yeoman farmer of the seventeenth century.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 60 · B2
It chanced that this Hugo came to love (if, indeed, so dark a passion may be known under so bright a name) the daughter of a yeoman who held lands near the Baskerville estate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 11 · C1

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