yeoman

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Recent Examples of yeoman 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for yeoman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
Noun
  • The daughter of sharecroppers, she was raised by her grandparents.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.
    Time, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gone are the spring porch planters and airy summer decor.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The white decorative planter holding the bouquet features her As Ever lifestyle brand's logo.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The weekend is highlighted by the iconic pumpkin weigh-off, which draws growers from across the globe to compete for a grand prize.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Ivory™ Camellia is a vigorous grower, maturing to a height of six to eight feet tall and spreading five to seven feet wide.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • When an unlucky farmhand gets bitten, the disease spreads to humans.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
  • How many farmhands does a team with a checkbook as thick as the Mets' really need?
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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