Translations for „yeoman“ in the English » German Dictionary

yeo·man [ˈjəʊmən, Am ˈjoʊ-] N

yeoman hist:

yeoman

Freisasse m hist

yeoman farmer

Kleinbauer m hist

Phrases:

to do yeoman['s] service [for sth]

[etw dat ] treue Dienste leisten

Yeo·man of the ˈGuard <pl Yeomen of the Guard> N Brit

Yeoman of the Guard

königlicher Leibgardist hist

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

yeoman farmer

Kleinbauer m hist

to do yeoman['s] service [for sth]

[etw dat ] treue Dienste leisten

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He did a yeoman service to develop the school.

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The house at that time stood in 7 acres of land and was one of the most important yeoman houses in the village.

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Each yeoman, then mostly farmers or agricultural workers, was expected to supply his own horse and saddle.

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Physically, he has all the strength of our best yeoman stock.

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White inhabitants experienced the creation of patriarchial families, the evolution of kinship networks, and the formation of the gentry and yeoman classes.

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Many politicians from this era were yeoman farmers speaking out to protect their rights as free men.

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He rose from a yeoman tenant farmer to a gentleman owner of the mansion house by 1700.

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On the other side of the agricultural coin were the small yeoman farmers.

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The party promoted states' rights and the primacy of the yeoman farmer over bankers, industrialists, merchants, and other monied interests.

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It was originally built in about 1500 as a wattle and daub yeoman farmer's house but has been much extended.

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