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What are yeomen?

What are yeomen? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of yeoman
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And, that same night, Mrs. Gaunt left hernshaw in her own chariot between two constables, and escorted by armed yeomen.
Moreover, the bulk of the newly acquired lands were not democratically distributed to yeomen pioneers.
They rearranged their estates to create larger tenant farms on rack rents, with a decline in small yeomen farmers with customary tenure or freeholds.
In the 17th century it developed into a general term for the lord of the manor, well below the level of nobility, but far above yeomen.
A virtuous citizenry, which Jefferson considered essential to a republican form of government, was most reliably constituted of yeomen farmers he believed.
Several yeomen are known to have volunteered for service at Waterloo, but no formed units saw action until the Second Boer War.

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