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How to pronounce “yeoman”
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Pronunciation guide for yeoman
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of yeoman with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Role of Art and Forgiveness in Democracy
The cuckoo is no yeoman laborer,
- Definition summary
- (UK) An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder).
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How to pronounce yeoman
The Role of Art and Forgiveness in Democracy
The cuckoo is no yeoman laborer,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “yeoman”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (UK) An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder).
- (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
- (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
- A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
- A Yeoman Warder.
- A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
- (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
- A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
- A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.
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