1
a
: an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
b
: a person attending or assisting another : retainer
d
: a naval petty officer who performs clerical duties
2
a
: a person who owns and cultivates a small farm
specifically
: one belonging to a class of English freeholders below the gentry
b
: a person of the social rank of yeoman
3
: one that performs great and loyal service
did a yeoman's job in seeing the program through
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With all due respect to the yeoman’s work that Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson did for the Resident Evil adaptations over the years, Welcome to Raccoon City is actually the best Res movie to date.
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
The offensive line did yeoman’s work and Willis hit Reed in stride at the Jacksonville 40.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
On the other hand, the Democratic-Republicans’ vision for the nation was based on the yeoman farmer with limited federal government and no standing army.
—Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Lessening the impact of wildfires and expediting recovery can help farms and ranches do yeoman’s work to support health and the economy.
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Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
The offensive line did yeoman’s work and Willis hit Reed in stride at the Jacksonville 40.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
On the other hand, the Democratic-Republicans’ vision for the nation was based on the yeoman farmer with limited federal government and no standing army.
—Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Lessening the impact of wildfires and expediting recovery can help farms and ranches do yeoman’s work to support health and the economy.
—Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeoman. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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yeoman
noun
yeo·man
ˈyō-mən 
1
a
: a servant in a royal or noble household
b
: a naval petty officer who works as a clerk
2
: a small landowning farmer
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