单词 | yeomanette |
释义 | yeomanetten. U.S. colloquial (now Historical). A woman yeoman of the U.S. naval reserve (esp. during and immediately after the war of 1914–18). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > officer with specific duty > [noun] > yeoman yeoman1669 ship's yeoman1850 yeomanette1918 1918 Afloat & Ashore 18 Sept. 13/2 Yeomanette Smithy spent a weekend at Holly Hill recently and says the red bugs did not behave themselves. 1919 Army & Navy Register (U.S.) 15 Feb. 200/2 The terms ‘yeowoman’ and ‘yeomanette’ have been applied to the young ladies who are serving in the naval reserve force. 1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 361 It was World War I that really gave the -ette ending a start in the United States. It was first applied, I believe, to the yeomanettes who did clerical work for the Navy. 1979 R. Lerman Eleanor 56 Two years ago, before she became a yeomenette [sic] and went to work for Franklin at Navy, she was my social secretary. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1918 |
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