Definition of "yeoman"

(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).  examples

(US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.  examples

(historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.

A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.  examples

A Yeoman Warder.  examples

A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.  examples

(nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.  examples

A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.  examples

A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.  examples

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.  examples