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"expansion": "",
"name": "catlangname"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine",
"3": "h₂ékʷeh₂"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "word"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "yoman"
},
"expansion": "Middle English yoman",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "yeman"
},
"expansion": "yeman",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*ġēamann"
},
"expansion": "Old English *ġēamann",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*gauwjamann"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *gauwjamann",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "gāman",
"3": "",
"4": "villager"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian gāman (“villager”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "goymann",
"3": "",
"4": "arbiter"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch goymann (“arbiter”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*gawi",
"3": "",
"4": "shire, district"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *gawi (“shire, district”)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "-ġē"
},
"expansion": "Old English -ġē",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "-ġēa",
"3": "",
"4": "district, region"
},
"expansion": "-ġēa (“district, region”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ælġē"
},
"expansion": "ælġē",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "Sūþriġēa"
},
"expansion": "Sūþriġēa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "gea"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian gea",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "goa"
},
"expansion": "goa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gouw"
},
"expansion": "Dutch gouw",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Gau"
},
"expansion": "German Gau",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*mann",
"3": "",
"4": "man"
},
"expansion": "*mann (“man”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English yoman, yeman, from Old English *ġēamann, from Proto-West Germanic *gauwjamann (compare Old Frisian gāman (“villager”), Middle Dutch goymann (“arbiter”)), 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”).",
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{
"form": "yeomen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yeomen"
},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"British English"
],
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"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)."
],
"links": [
[
"official",
"official"
],
[
"royal",
"royal"
],
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"household",
"household"
],
[
"squire",
"squire"
],
[
"page",
"page"
],
[
"yeoman of the guard",
"yeoman of the guard"
],
[
"ceremonial",
"ceremonial"
],
[
"bodyguard",
"bodyguard"
],
[
"UK",
"UK"
],
[
"monarch",
"monarch"
],
[
"Yeoman Warder",
"Yeoman Warder"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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)."
],
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English"
],
"glosses": [
"A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service."
],
"links": [
[
"dependable",
"dependable"
],
[
"diligent",
"diligent"
],
[
"loyal",
"loyal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service."
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing."
],
"links": [
[
"former",
"former"
],
[
"class",
"class"
],
[
"freeholder",
"freeholder"
],
[
"farm",
"farm"
],
[
"land",
"land"
],
[
"commoner",
"commoner"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant."
],
"links": [
[
"subordinate",
"subordinate"
],
[
"deputy",
"deputy"
],
[
"aide",
"aide"
],
[
"assistant",
"assistant"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A Yeoman Warder."
],
"links": [
[
"Yeoman Warder",
"Yeoman Warder"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard."
],
"links": [
[
"clerk",
"clerk"
],
[
"US",
"US"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"storeroom",
"storeroom"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom."
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)"
],
"glosses": [
"Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia."
],
"links": [
[
"nymphalid",
"nymphalid"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjəʊ.mən/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjoʊ.mən/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjiː.mən/",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊmən"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yeoman.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yeoman.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jómen",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "йо́мен"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"word": "自耕農"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zìgēngnóng",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"word": "自耕农"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"word": "kleine landeigenaar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"word": "talonpoika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "franc-tenancier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Freisasse"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sipahi",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"word": "سپاهی"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jómen",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "йо́мен"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small freeholder",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "terrateniente"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "subordinate",
"word": "avustaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valet"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "subordinate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gíománach"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pisar",
"sense": "clerk in navy or coast guard",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "писар"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clerk in navy or coast guard",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "edecán"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "nautical: person in charge of the storeroom",
"word": "文書軍士"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wénshū jūnshì",
"sense": "nautical: person in charge of the storeroom",
"word": "文书军士"
}
],
"word": "yeoman"
}
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