yeoman: [14] Etymologically, a yeoman is probably simply a ‘young man’; indeed originally the word denoted a ‘junior household servant’, between a squire and a page in rank. It started life as yongman, a compound of Middle English yong ‘young’ and man, and was gradually eroded to yeoman. The modern sense ‘freeholding farmer’, and its metaphorical extensions, emerged in the 15th century. => man, young
yeoman (n.)
c. 1300, "attendant in a noble household," of unknown origin, perhaps a contraction of Old English iunge man "young man," or from an unrecorded Old English *geaman, equivalent of Old Frisian gaman "villager," from Old English -gea "district, region, village," cognate with Old Frisian ga, ge, German Gau, Gothic gawi, from Proto-Germanic *gaujan.
Sense of "commoner who cultivates his land" is recorded from early 15c.; also the third order of fighting men (late 14c., below knights and squires, above knaves), hence yeomen's service "good, efficient service" (c. 1600). Meaning "naval petty officer in charge of supplies" is first attested 1660s. Yeowoman first recorded 1852: "Then I am yeo-woman O the clumsy word!" [Tennyson, "The Foresters"]
雙語例句
1. It was not the aristocrat but the yeoman who determined the nation's policies.
決定國家政策的不是貴族,而是自由民.
來自辭典例句
2. Byron was led by a yeoman into the presence of the Commander - in - chief of the Asiatic Fleet.
拜倫被一個文書軍士領去見亞洲艦隊司令.
來自辭典例句
3. Her uncle spend two years on a warship as a yeoman.
她舅舅在軍艦上當了兩年文書軍士.
來自互聯網
4. The medicine you gave me has done me Yeoman's service.
你給我的藥大起作用.
來自互聯網
5. A yeoman farmer model of price setting under monopolistic competition.