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yeoman
(encz) | yeoman,zeman n: web |
Yeoman
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | 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 |
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do yeoman service
(encz) | do yeoman service,odvést skvělou práci web |
yeoman
(encz) | yeoman,zeman n: web |
yeoman of the guard
(encz) | yeoman of the guard, n: |
yeoman service
(encz) | yeoman service,pomoc v nouzi webyeoman service,skvělá služba web |
yeomanly
(encz) | yeomanly,zemanský adj: web |
yeomanry
(encz) | yeomanry,zemanstvo n: web |
imperial yeomanry
(gcide) | Yeomanry \Yeo"man*ry\, n.
1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] "His estate of
yeomanry." --Chaucer.
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2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
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The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct
for dominion. --Bancroft.
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3. A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal
regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in
1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward; -- calle
dalso yeomanry cavalry. The members furnish their own
horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, and
receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name
was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the
services of the force in the Boer war. See {Army
organization}, above.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Yeomanry cavalry, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry
liable to service in Great Britain only. [Eng.]
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Yeoman of the guard
(gcide) | 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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Yeomanlike
(gcide) | Yeomanlike \Yeo"man*like`\, a.
Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly.
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Yeomanly
(gcide) | Yeomanly \Yeo"man*ly\, a.
Pertaining to a yeoman; becoming or suitable to, a yeoman;
yeomanlike. --B. Jonson.
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Well could he dress his tackle yeomanly. --Chaucer.
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Yeomanry
(gcide) | Yeomanry \Yeo"man*ry\, n.
1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] "His estate of
yeomanry." --Chaucer.
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2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
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The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct
for dominion. --Bancroft.
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3. A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal
regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in
1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward; -- calle
dalso yeomanry cavalry. The members furnish their own
horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, and
receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name
was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the
services of the force in the Boer war. See {Army
organization}, above.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Yeomanry cavalry, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry
liable to service in Great Britain only. [Eng.]
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Yeomanry cavalry
(gcide) | Yeomanry \Yeo"man*ry\, n.
1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] "His estate of
yeomanry." --Chaucer.
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2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
[1913 Webster]
The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct
for dominion. --Bancroft.
[1913 Webster]
3. A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal
regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in
1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward; -- calle
dalso yeomanry cavalry. The members furnish their own
horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, and
receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name
was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the
services of the force in the Boer war. See {Army
organization}, above.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Yeomanry cavalry, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry
liable to service in Great Britain only. [Eng.]
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yeomanry cavalry
(gcide) | Yeomanry \Yeo"man*ry\, n.
1. The position or rank of a yeoman. [Obs.] "His estate of
yeomanry." --Chaucer.
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2. The collective body of yeomen, or freeholders.
[1913 Webster]
The enfranchised yeomanry began to feel an instinct
for dominion. --Bancroft.
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3. A British volunteer cavalry force, growing out of a royal
regiment of fox hunters raised by Yorkshire gentlemen in
1745 to fight the Pretender, Charles Edward; -- calle
dalso yeomanry cavalry. The members furnish their own
horses, have fourteen days' annual camp training, and
receive pay and allowance when on duty. In 1901 the name
was altered to imperial yeomanry in recognition of the
services of the force in the Boer war. See {Army
organization}, above.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Yeomanry cavalry, certain bodies of volunteer cavalry
liable to service in Great Britain only. [Eng.]
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yeoman
(wn) | 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 of the guard
(wn) | yeoman of the guard
n 1: officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British
monarch [syn: yeoman, yeoman of the guard, beefeater] |
yeomanry
(wn) | yeomanry
n 1: class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
2: a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home
defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army |
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