英语词汇“yeoman's service”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

yeoman's service

释义

yeoman /yōˈmən/

noun (pl yeoˈmen)

A gentleman serving in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom (historical)
After the 15c, a member of a class of small farmers, usu freeholders, the next grade below gentlemen (often serving as foot soldiers; historical)
Any small farmer or countryman above the grade of labourer
An assistant to an official
A member of the yeomanry cavalry or of the yeomen of the guard
A petty officer on a warship whose duties are clerical

ORIGIN: ME yoman or yeman; perh for young man

yeoˈmanly adjective

Of yeoman's rank
Humble and honest
Staunch
Brave

adverb

Staunchly or bravely

yeoˈmanry noun

The collective body of smaller freeholders
A cavalry volunteer force in Great Britain formed during the wars of the French Revolution, later mechanized as part of the Territorial Army

yeoman service or yeoman's service noun

Powerful aid, such as came from the yeomen in the English armies of early times

Yeomen of the Guard plural noun

A veteran company of picked soldiers, employed on special occasions in conjunction with the gentlemen-at-arms as the sovereign's bodyguard (constituted a corps in 1485 by Henry VII, and still wearing the costume of that period)

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