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Born on a New York farm in 1821, Youmans didn’t come from a notable family or attend elite schools —his name even derives from yeoman, a self-reliant commoner.
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Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025
Robin Hood and his merry men were yeomen of the most courageous sort.
—Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, bill sponsors Del. Aletheia McCaskill and Sen. C. Anthony Muse, Speaker of the House Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson completed a yeoman’s job in getting this bill passed.
—Robert Turner, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025
The Federalists dreamed of a commercial colossus rivaling the empires of Europe, whereas the Republicans imagined a simple, agrarian republic of yeoman farmers defended by citizen militias, with no need for a federal military academy.
—Ryan Shaw / Made By History, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
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Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025
Robin Hood and his merry men were yeomen of the most courageous sort.
—Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, bill sponsors Del. Aletheia McCaskill and Sen. C. Anthony Muse, Speaker of the House Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson completed a yeoman’s job in getting this bill passed.
—Robert Turner, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025
The Federalists dreamed of a commercial colossus rivaling the empires of Europe, whereas the Republicans imagined a simple, agrarian republic of yeoman farmers defended by citizen militias, with no need for a federal military academy.
—Ryan Shaw / Made By History, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
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Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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My mom was the child of sharecroppers in Mississippi.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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Born in Alabama to a family of sharecroppers, Morrow taught himself barbering and chemistry — the foundation of his hair care business.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The family of four was photographed at the London Hilton on Park Lane, posing together in front of a planter filled with sunflowers.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The rest of the money would be used for marketing, events and things like planters and signage.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The changes arrived as more ranching operations close around the country, though some cattle growers say the president should also end aid to foreign beef producers.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Petro has repeatedly defended his policy, which moves away from a repressive approach and prioritizes reaching agreements with growers of coca leaf - the raw material for cocaine - to encourage them to switch to other crops, pursuing major drug lords and combating money laundering.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Colorado regulators fined more than 40 cannabis cultivators and manufacturers over the last five years for failing to comply with testing requirements.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Those businesses have been waiting for cultivators, manufacturers and testing facilities to establish a supply of products to sell to customers.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
17 Sep. 2025
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These opportunities weren’t universally available to all girls though, as there were barriers to entry for both African American and poor white daughters of tenant farmers and sharecroppers.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025
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This was a common practice in British rule, as seen with the Irish tenant farmers, as well as in Great Britain’s dominant involvement in the slave trade.—
Tanya Talaga
July 24,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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And if tuning out entirely isn’t your speed, such activities as foraging, beekeeping, flower collecting, and focaccia baking are all available to bolster the gentleman farmer vibe.—
Leena Kim,
Town & Country,
18 June 2023
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The renovated 19th-century crofter’s house puts sea views front and center, with Nordic interiors to complement the serene setting.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Oct. 2025
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His eight-course menu was off-the-scale scrumptious, and made all the more so by eating it inside the single-story, simple crofter’s farmhouse, carpeted with straw, and lit with tea lights and candles in wall nooks.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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