yeoman
French, noun/jo.man/
yeoman is spelled Y-E-O-M-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yeoman is a French masculine noun meaning “yeoman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Paysan propriétaire de la terre qu’il cultive dans l’Angleterre médiévale. Ils forment l’élite villageoise”.
What does yeoman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyeoman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Paysan propriétaire de la terre qu’il cultive dans l’Angleterre médiévale. Ils forment l’élite villageoise. 2. Tout roturier exerçant un office à la cour ou auprès d’un notable. 3. Gardes des souverains britanniques. Ce corps, créé en 1485 par Henry VII, est recruté par les anciens militaires et n’a plus que des fonctions d’apparat. Il a conservé le costume du XVIᵉ siècle. Il fournit les gardiens de la tour de Londres, populairement appelés beefeaters.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of yeoman
- yeomans plural
- yeomen plural traditional
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yeoman?
- /jo.man/
- \jo.man\
- [jo.man]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is yeoman in French?
yeoman appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).