English Dictionary

yeoman

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈjəʊ.mən/

名詞

イギリス英語 アメリカ英語 歴史的

(UK) 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).

日本語の意味

王室または高貴な家柄に仕える公認の家臣。従者（page）と従士（squire）の中間の位階に相当し、名誉ある奉仕を行う役職である。 / 特に、英国君主に仕える儀式的な護衛隊（yeoman of the guard）の一員として知られる役職。

The yeoman stood silent at the palace gate, his uniform a reminder of centuries of ceremonial duty.

王の儀式用護衛の一員は宮殿の門で黙って立ち、その制服は何世紀にもわたる儀礼的な任務を思い起こさせた。

意味（1）

(UK) 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).

意味（2）

(US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.

意味（3）

(historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.

意味（4）

A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.

意味（5）

A Yeoman Warder.

意味（6）

A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.

意味（7）

(nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.

意味（8）

A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.

意味（9）

A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.

意味（10）

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.

yeomen （ plural ）