yeoman

noun

Definition of yeomannext
as in agriculturist

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Recent Examples of yeoman Lower has the yeoman’s task of heightening the narrative’s frenetic unease. — Courtney Howard, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026 Chavez was averaging a hair under 19 points and sank 63 three-pointers as a six-time SEC Freshman of the Week, but Harmon did yeoman duty, limiting her to 11 points, two of which came on window-dressing free throws in the final 11 seconds. — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026 McAdams, who did yeoman’s work in Raimi’s previous movie (the aforementioned Marvel sequel), is the perfect fit for this kind of nonsensical Hollywood role. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026 Advertisement Over the years, the government has made a yeoman’s effort at explaining the reason for the no-fault nature of the court—which has nothing to do with Washington cutting sweetheart deals with Big Pharma. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yeoman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
  1. agriculturist
  2. sharecropper
  3. planter
  4. cultivator
  5. grower
  6. tenant farmer
  7. gentleman farmer
  8. farmhand
Noun
  • Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of agriculturist
Noun
  • Wilson grew up in Louisiana as the son of a sharecropper and ran away from home with just an elementary education.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Johnson, who was born in a sharecropper’s shack in Mississippi in 1927, moved to Chicago with his mother at age 2.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026
Definition of sharecropper
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  • More than once, his white planter friends stood by him in court and kept him from unjust imprisonment and even execution.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Treating the Landscaping Like An Afterthought A front porch that feels beautifully styled often incorporates elements like hanging baskets of ferns and planters by the front door.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of planter
Noun
  • This scientific understanding is enabling cultivators to engineer diverse, less pungent strains and driving innovation in discreet, low-odor products like edibles and vapes.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Wheat farmers in Britain, sugar beet growers in central Europe, tobacco planters in Virginia and cotton cultivators across the American South all embraced the new fertilizer.
    — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of cultivator
Noun
  • Welcomes anyone who is interested in supporting the local wineries as well as grape growers and amateur and professional wine makers.
    — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Officials with the California Farm Bureau said the move will present challenges for the state’s growers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of grower
Noun
  • Marc Savoy was on his grandfather’s farm in Eunice, Louisiana, on the Prairie Faquetaïque, and something enchanting was rising from the catalpa grove, where a tenant farmer named Hiram Courville lived.
    — jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
  • Set in the Bangladeshi countryside during a pre-digital era, the film centers on Sadu, an impoverished tenant farmer who lives in isolation with his volatile wife.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2026
Definition of tenant farmer
Noun
  • His father, Golding Constable, a gentleman farmer who had built a lucrative business milling and transporting grain, expected his son John to succeed him.
    — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Part of his mission as an exemplary gentleman farmer was to convince his peers to attend to their estates and, in so doing, bring them back into the fold of solid Roman traditions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of gentleman farmer
Noun
  • But for all the praise Boone showered on Lombard on Friday, the skipper didn’t want to put any sort of timeline on his ETA or comment on whatever boxes the farmhand may still need to check.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Tony Martinez as Pepino Garcia Tony Martinez portrayed Pepino, the McCoys’ farmhand who often served as comic relief.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of farmhand

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