Wondering how to use Yeoman in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as beefeater or bodyguard.
Yeoman meaning
- 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).
- A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
- A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
Synonyms of Yeoman
Using Yeoman
- The main meaning on this page is: 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). | A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service. | A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
- Useful related words include: beefeater, bodyguard, escort, freeholder.
- In the example corpus, yeoman often appears in combinations such as: the yeoman, yeoman farmers, of yeoman.
Context around Yeoman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yeoman
- In this selection, "yeoman" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, platforms, robert, ravenmaster, warder, 2nd and serjeant stand out and add context to how "yeoman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include although the yeoman warders were and and cites yeoman 2nd class. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yeoman" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and absolutist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yeoman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo did a yeoman’s job. (9 words)
Losha then turned onto Bradley Road, then Yeoman Way before continuing onto Sleightholme Court. (14 words)
Daniel Peacock, of Yeoman Close in Worksop, and both of his brothers admitted aggravated burglary with intent. (17 words)
As part of the initiative aimed at expanding the Navy’s use of digital platforms, Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley said he was “hand selected” as the first ambassador, raising questions from Banks in the regarding Austin’s seemingly “contradictory” message. (41 words)
The Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Advisory Committee for National Honours, recognized and thanked members of the committee for their “yeoman’s” service in building up the community of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. (40 words)
She suggested that, “given her yeoman service to this nation and her rich legacy to the tourism industry and to nation building in general, I call on this government to accord her with either a state or official funeral”. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
He said: 'It was an honour to become a yeoman warder and then a yeoman serjeant - but the yeoman gaoler position tops the lot.
As part of the initiative aimed at expanding the Navy’s use of digital platforms, Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley said he was “hand selected” as the first ambassador, raising questions from Banks in the regarding Austin’s seemingly “contradictory” message.
Comprising four stories, running about 40 minutes, and debuting at Venice this month followed by a Netflix release, read our extensive interview with cinematographer Robert Yeoman.
The Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Advisory Committee for National Honours, recognized and thanked members of the committee for their “yeoman’s” service in building up the community of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Daniel Peacock, of Yeoman Close in Worksop, and both of his brothers admitted aggravated burglary with intent.
Late in life, Seamond joined the U.S. Coast Guard as a cook and later on a yeoman and military court reporter.
Losha then turned onto Bradley Road, then Yeoman Way before continuing onto Sleightholme Court.
They stood for the National Anthem, played by one of the two military bands present, before being escorted by the Yeoman of the Guard down to the lawn.
Tower of London's new Ravenmaster Yeoman Warder Barney Chandler holds a raven's feather at the Tower of London.
Bayles hoped to be a Hospital Corpsman, but with the rate sitting at 130% manned at the time, the Navy decided he would be a Yeoman instead, despite his lack of typing skills.
Carbone says he’s hearing stories about NDW Sailors committing acts of kindness and cites Yeoman 2nd Class Caesare Rivera as an example of someone helping others during the pandemic.
Science journalists are doing yeoman’s work to provide accurate, accessible information on the virus and the latest advice from public health authorities on how to minimize risk.
Big thanks to Joe Yeoman with the American Legion for making it all happen, and I look forward to seeing so many great veterans and friends in Glasgow on Monday.
Johnson, a 2016 graduate of Richmond Senior High School, is a yeoman at NSA Bahrain, forward-deployed to the Arabian Gulf region in the Navy’s U.S. 5th Fleet.
She suggested that, “given her yeoman service to this nation and her rich legacy to the tourism industry and to nation building in general, I call on this government to accord her with either a state or official funeral”.
But now that Humpty Dumpty has fallen off its high wall, he has been given the yeoman’s task of finding the scattered pieces and gluing them together.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo did a yeoman’s job.
Along with his brother Henry, Cromwell had kept a smallholding of chickens and sheep, selling eggs and wool to support himself, his lifestyle resembling that of a yeoman farmer.
Although the Yeoman Warders were once the Royal Bodyguard, by the 16th and 17th centuries their main duty had become to look after the prisoners.
Even his pursemaster and yeoman of the wardrobe, John Tennent of Listonschiels, was sent on an errand to England, though he got a frosty reception.
Common combinations with yeoman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the yeoman 7×
- yeoman farmers 5×
- of yeoman 3×
- yeoman and 3×
- yeoman of 3×
- yeoman warder 2×
- then yeoman 2×
- yeoman nd 2×
- yeoman service 2×
- yeoman at 2×