Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - yeoman
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(yeomen) In former times, a yeoman was a man who was free and not a servant, and who owned and worked on his own land. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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. ~ 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 ~ 3. one that performs great and loyal service did a ~'s job in seeing the program through ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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писарь Старшина флота petty officer, выполняющий в основном обязанности конторского служащего ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. ист. йомен 2. фермер средней руки; мелкий землевладелец; поселянин 3. ист. дворцовый страж или служитель Y. of the Guard —- лейб-гвардеец; телохранитель короля Y. extraordinary (of the Guard) —- ист. страж Тауэра yeoman of the cellar —- смотритель винного погреба yeoman of the cord —- палач, вешатель 4. помощник (должностного лица) the sheriff's yeoman —- помощник шерифа 5. ам. мор. старший писарь; делопроизводитель Id: yeoman service —- помощь в нужде; безупречная служба 6. ист. йоменский 7. сделанный добросовестно he did a yeoman job on the problem —- он на совесть поработал над этим ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) hist. иомен 2) фермер средней руки, мелкий землевладелец 3) amer.; naut. писарь 4) - yeoman of signals - yeoman of the Guard - yeomans service YEOMAN of signals naut. старшина-сигнальщик YEOMAN of the Guard английский дворцовый страж ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 13c., perhaps a contraction of O.E. iunge man "young man," or from an unrecorded O.E. *geaman, equivalent of O.Fris. gaman "villager," from O.E. -gea "district, village," cognate with O.Fris. ga, ge, from P.Gmc. *gaujan. Sense of "commoner who cultivates his land" is in M.E.; also the third order of fighting men -- below knights and squires, above knaves, hence yeomen's service "good, efficient service" (1602). Meaning "naval petty officer in charge of supplies" is first attested 1669. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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