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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The Hornets have a yeoman’s job ahead of them to stop the rim shots whenever their team name is uttered, and must find a way to establish a new, exciting reality.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
The two men on the state flag are a sailor holding a coil of rope and yeoman resting on a pick, according to the Wisconsin Blue Book.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2024
Everyone popping up here is doing yeoman’s work, especially a supporting turn from Brian Fiddyment as an overzealous bartender.
—Graham Techler, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, on3’s Joe Tipton and 247 Canes reporters Luke Chaney and Chris Stock have done yeoman’s work tracking portal players that have drawn UM’s interest.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
The two men on the state flag are a sailor holding a coil of rope and yeoman resting on a pick, according to the Wisconsin Blue Book.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2024
Everyone popping up here is doing yeoman’s work, especially a supporting turn from Brian Fiddyment as an overzealous bartender.
—Graham Techler, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, on3’s Joe Tipton and 247 Canes reporters Luke Chaney and Chris Stock have done yeoman’s work tracking portal players that have drawn UM’s interest.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeoman. Accessed 7 Jul. 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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