How do you use Yeomen in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Yeomen in a sentence
Yeomen meaning
plural of yeoman
Using Yeomen
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of yeoman
- In the example corpus, yeomen often appears in combinations such as: the yeomen, yeomen of, yeomen farmers.
Context around Yeomen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yeomen
- In this selection, "yeomen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, taxed, township, clan, farmers, service and currently stand out and add context to how "yeomen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the yeomen of the and and the yeomen who had. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yeomen" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yeomen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Yeomen currently stand 0-9 in the season. (9 words)
The Daily Telegraph s review of Yeomen stated, "The accompaniments.. (10 words)
No, these were sturdy township yeomen, farmers out to protect their poultry. (12 words)
Edward III's issuance of the Ordinance of Labourers in 1349 limited the steep rise in wages that resulted from the plague, and the yeomen who had previously benefited now found themselves "deprived by royal ordinance of their essential workforce". (40 words)
Henry dismissed the mercenaries in his force, retaining only a small core of local soldiers to form the " Yeomen of his Garde ",sfn and proceeded to establish his rule of England. (31 words)
Eventually, as the athletic department became more cohesive, the Yeomen mascot was adopted, drawing on the phonetic sound of "O" Men and the schools official motto of "Learning and Labor". (30 words)
Example sentences (16)
No, these were sturdy township yeomen, farmers out to protect their poultry.
We gratefully appreciate the yeomen service rendered by frontline Medical, Nursing, Armed services and government staff who are risking their lives to save lives.
The Yeomen currently stand 0-9 in the season.
Another was China's distinct class system, which lacked an organized clergy but saw the Shang Zi -clan yeomen become masters of ritual and ceremony known as Shi (士).
Edward III's issuance of the Ordinance of Labourers in 1349 limited the steep rise in wages that resulted from the plague, and the yeomen who had previously benefited now found themselves "deprived by royal ordinance of their essential workforce".
Eventually, as the athletic department became more cohesive, the Yeomen mascot was adopted, drawing on the phonetic sound of "O" Men and the schools official motto of "Learning and Labor".
Henry dismissed the mercenaries in his force, retaining only a small core of local soldiers to form the " Yeomen of his Garde ",sfn and proceeded to establish his rule of England.
H.M.S Pinafore retains "a nautical tang throughout", and in The Yeomen of the Guard the Tower of London is evoked continually by its own motif.
However, with peace the population grew rapidly, and doubled before 1800. 90% of the population were typically classified as " peasants ", most being free taxed yeomen.
Hughes, p. 130 Those Sullivan wrote himself include Thespis, Rees, p. 79 Iolanthe, Princess Ida, The Yeomen of the Guard, The Gondoliers, The Grand Duke and probably Utopia Limited.
Most became yeomen farmers and few owned slaves in the antebellum years.
Most yeomen farmers, craftsmen, and small merchants joined the Patriot cause to demand more political equality.
Society was divided into four Estates: peasants (free taxed yeomen), the clergy, nobility and burghers.
The Daily Telegraph s review of Yeomen stated, "The accompaniments..
We place the songs and choruses in The Yeomen of the Guard before all his previous efforts of this particular kind.
While Carte was ill, in 1897, Rupert assisted Mrs. Carte and W. S. Gilbert with the first revival of The Yeomen of the Guard at the Savoy.
Common combinations with yeomen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the yeomen 9×
- yeomen of 5×
- yeomen farmers 3×
- taxed yeomen 2×