- a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
- a farmer who cultivates his own land.
- one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land, early admitted in England to political rights.
- Archaic.
- a servant, attendant, or subordinate official in a royal or other great household.
- a subordinate or assistant, as of a sheriff or other official or in a craft or trade.
- of, pertaining to, composed of, or characteristic of yeomen: the yeoman class.
- performed or rendered in a loyal, valiant, useful, or workmanlike manner, especially in situations that involve a great deal of effort or labor: He did a yeoman job on the problem.
- history
- a member of a class of small freeholders of common birth who cultivated their own land
- an assistant or other subordinate to an official, such as a sheriff, or to a craftsman or trader
- an attendant or lesser official in a royal or noble household
- (in Britain) another name for yeoman of the guard
- characteristic of or relating to a yeoman
- a petty officer or noncommissioned officer in the Royal Navy or Marines in charge of signals
