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    yeoman

    yeoman - Dictionary definition and meaning for word yeoman

    Definition
    (noun) officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch Definition
    (noun) in former times was free and cultivated his own land
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for yeoman

yeo(young)+man.....so a middle class young man who owns a farm.

May b this wud help: YE-O-MAN : MAN-OF-YEAR , the man of the year award goes to a middle class man and U wud be amazed to know dat he is a farmer !

relate with yo-man . A self satisfied middle class farmer always says yo man.

Yeoman=young + man ..There was a young man in the movie who always wanted to live independently… so he refused to become a servant and he took some loan and owned a piece of land to cultivate independently ..dis is the meaning.

Yeoman can be compared to ploughman. A yeoman is someone who owns a piece of land and is free to cultivate it, while a ploughman makes one's way laboriously. They are both, therefore using physical resources.

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The republic of YEMEN is a very SMALL PLACE

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