Yeoman
WordNet
noun
(1) In former times was free and cultivated his own land
(2) Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page.
- 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.
- 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.