| 单词 | yeoman |
| 释义 | yeoman n. (pl. -men) 1. esp. hist. a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate. 2. hist. a person qualified by possessing free land of an annual value of 40 shillings to serve on juries, vote for the knight of the shire, etc. 3. Brit. a member of the yeomanry force. 4. hist. a servant in a royal or noble household. 5. (in full yeoman of signals) a petty officer in the Navy, concerned with visual signalling. 6. US a petty officer performing clerical duties on board ship. Phrases and idioms Yeoman of the Guard 1. a member of the British sovereign's bodyguard. 2. (in general use) a warder in the Tower of London. yeoman (or yeoman's) service efficient or useful help in need. Yeoman Usher Brit. the deputy of Black Rod. Derivatives yeomanly adj. Etymology: ME yoman, yeman, etc., prob. f. YOUNG + MAN |
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