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yeoman/ˈjəʊmən/n. (pl. -men) 1 esp. hist. a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate [尤史义]自耕农 2 hist. a person qualified by possessing free land of an annual value of 40 shillings to serve on juries, vote for the knight of the shire, etc. [史义] (因占有每年为 40 先令价值的无主土地而)有资格在陪审团任职及选举郡骑士的人 3 Brit. a member of the yeomanry force [英]义勇骑兵队的成员 4 hist. a servant in a royal or noble household [史义] (王室或贵族的)侍从 5 (in full 全称 yeoman of signals) a petty officer in the Navy, concerned with visual signalling 海军中的军士(作信号员) 6 US a petty officer performing clerical duties on board ship [美]舰艇上做文书工作的士官 □ yeomanly adj.[Middle English yoman, yeman, etc., probably from YOUNG + MAN] |