Yeoman



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.自耕农, 乡下人

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English yoman, yeman
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
  • b. a person attending or assisting another ; retainer
  • c. yeoman of the guard
  • 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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