yeoman synonyms

yeoman

n.

  1. A naval clerk

    commissary clerk, ship's writer, officer's assistant, scribe*, supercargo*, quill driver*; see also clerk 2, secretary 2.

  2. A stout fellow

    common man, commoner, farmer, homesteader, freeborn man, freeholder; see also citizen, man 2.

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