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Recent Examples of yeoman
Class-wise, the 1880s equivalents of the Halls, the Lopers, and the Hanna-Riggs would have been merchants or professionals or, at the very least, yeoman farmers, who owned land and employed laborers and maybe servants.
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 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
That line did yeoman’s work against Golden Knights star Jack Eichel.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 10 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
That line did yeoman’s work against Golden Knights star Jack Eichel.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
Noun
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The daughter of sharecroppers, she was raised by her grandparents.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025
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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
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In the planters lining the outdoor cafés in Harry Potter’s Paris, every flower was perfectly in bloom.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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Clay planter pebbles, often used in hydroponics, are porous to draw water up to the seeds and keep the environment moist but not soggy.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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However, there is an aphid species that singles out crape myrtle as a host, and this, ironically enough, has proven to be a boon to pecan growers.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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So did an influx of Chinese apples in the 1990s, which made the US crop less valuable on the global market and squeezed growers, particularly on family orchards in the Northeast.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
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The role re-designer This confidence cultivator helps employees navigate new career paths without steering away from their sense of purpose.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Legacy cultivators often use heritage brands to root themselves in cannabis history and culture.—
Sara Payan,
Rolling Stone,
5 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
Noun
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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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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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The family-friend label came a cropper after it was slapped with a multi-million-dollar copyright lawsuit by Disney, Warner Bros. and other major Hollywood studios for making unauthorized cuts – of scenes deemed unsuitable for family viewing by the brothers – to their movies and series.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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In January, 1813, at York Castle, fourteen croppers stood trial for rioting and machine breaking, which Parliament had deemed a capital offense in the new Frame-Breaking Act.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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