Noun: yeoman
| Singular | yeoman |
| Plural | yeomen |
Sample Sentences
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This model of production costs might alternatively be derived from a yeoman farmer model, in which households supply goods directly[.] [2003, Michael Woodford, Interest and Prices, →ISBN, page 150:]
Nouns inflected like yeoman
whipman,
slaughterman,
seaman,
sawman,
saxman,
sanman,
headswoman,
kettleman,
given man,
skyman,
Manilaman,
boogyman,
brotherman,
beadman,
transgentleman,
baggageman,
first gentleman,
bedeman,
boothman,
hackneyman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle English yeman, yoman, of disputed etymology:
2. * From Old English *ġēamann, from Proto-West Germanic *gawamann, variant of *gauwjamann (compare Old Frisian gāman (“villager”), Middle High German göuman (“peasant”)), compound of Proto-West Germanic *gawi (“shire, district”) (compare Old English -ġē, -ġēa (“district, region”) (in ælġē, Sūþriġēa), West Frisian gea, goa, Dutch gouw, German Gau) + *mann (“man”).
3. * A contraction of yong man; compare dialectal yeomath (“aftermath”) for a possible parallel. See: Middle English Nouns '
yeman', Old English Nouns '
*ġēamann', Dutch Nouns '
gouw', German Nouns '
Gau'.
Verbs referencing "yeoman"
French Nouns
yeoman, Romanian Nouns
yeoman, Gothic Nouns
𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹.