yeoman

An attendant, servant, or lesser official in a royal or noble household.

A yeoman of the guard.

A petty officer performing chiefly clerical duties in the US Navy.

An assistant or other subordinate, as of a sheriff.

A diligent, dependable worker.

A farmer who cultivates his own land, especially a member of a former class of small freeholders in England.

A retainer; a guard.

A gentleman attendant in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom: as, yeoman for the month, a butler; yeoman of the crown; yeoman usher: applied also to attendants of lower grade: as, yeoman feuterer (seefeuterer); yeoman of the chamber; yeoman of the wardrobe. See also phrase yeoman of the guard, below.