Yeoman, an English term with various meanings. Chiefly, yeoman meant a freeborn Englishman who was a small landholder in late feudal times. A male attendant or retainer of a nobleman was also called a yeoman. Yeomen, in this sense, won fame as soldiers, especially as skillful archers.
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