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  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    yeoman

    • IPA[ˈyōmən]

    美式

    • n.
      a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.；a person qualified for certain duties and rights, such as to serve on juries and vote for the knight of the shire, by virtue of possessing free land of an annual value of 40 shillings.

    • noun: yeoman, plural noun: yeomen

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    名詞

    • 1. historical a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.
    • ▪ a person qualified for certain duties and rights, such as to serve on juries and vote for the knight of the shire, by virtue of possessing free land of an annual value of 40 shillings.
    • 2. historical a servant in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom or a squire and a page.
    • 3. historical a member of the yeomanry force.
    • 4. (in the British Royal Navy and other Commonwealth navies) a petty officer concerned with signaling.
    • ▪ a petty officer in the US Navy or Coast Guard performing clerical duties on board ship.

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