the mind > possession > possessor > 			[noun]		 > owner > landowner > small landowner > collectively (3)		
The body of yeomen or small landed proprietors, yeomen collectively; †a company of yeomen.
English regional. Yeomen collectively. Cf. statesman, n.1 2. Obsolete. rare.
(a) people of (high) rank or status; respected or experienced people (of an advanced age). (b) English regional yeomen farmers, owners of small…