formerly, a small farmer who cultivated his own land; specif one belonging to a class of English freeholders below the gentry
formerly, a servant or minor official in a royal or noble household
Brit a member of the yeomanry
in the British navy, a petty officer who carries out visual signalling
in the US navy, a petty officer who performs clerical duties
yeomanly adj
[Middle English yoman attendant in a noble household, freeholder, prob contraction of yong man young man]