yeoman
nounHow many syllables in yeoman?
There are 3 syllables in the word yeoman.How to pronounce yeoman:
Definition of yeoman:
- yeoman (noun):
- an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
- officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.
Synonyms for yeoman:
agriculturalist
agriculturist
agronomist
beefeater
bodyguard
crofter
cropper
cultivator
farmhand
field hand
gentleman farmer
gleaner
grower
harvester
homesteader
planter
plowman
reaper
sharecropper
subsistence farmer
tenant farmer
tiller
yeoman of the guard
Antonyms for yeoman:
administrator
baas
big kahuna
big wheel
bigwig
boss
boss man
chair
chairman
chairperson
chairwoman
chief
chief executive
controller
director
employer
executive
foreman
forewoman
gaffer
governor
head
head man
head woman
high muckamuck
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