Yeoman (disambiguation)

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Yeoman may refer to:

• A freeborn servant in a royal or noble household of high standing, below that of a squire, and above pages and grooms. Equivalent to a sergeant or corporal depending on status.
• Yeoman – a late medieval British farmer of middling social status
• Yeomen of the Guard – royal bodyguard
• Yeomen Warders – of the Tower of London
• "Yeoman of the Goths" – according to the Westrogothic law, the lawspeaker was appointed for life by the yeomen of the province.
• Yeoman – a rating of secretary/clerk in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard. In navies derivative of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, it can denote someone responsible for a specific duty, such as the Chief Yeoman of Signals, or someone acting as an aide to a superior for certain functions, such as the Navigator's Yeoman.
• Yeoman Cavalry - in 18th century Ireland, locally based counter-insurgency units raised by local landowners as first line of defence against threatened rebellion

Contents 1 Places 2 Ships 3 Music 4 Miscellaneous

[edit] Places

• Yeoman, Indiana

[edit] Ships

• Yeoman – the name given by Owen Aisher, the UK yachtsman, to the succession of racing yachts he owned. The tradition was continued by the family after Aisher's death. Starting with the first then Yeoman II and progressing to Yeoman XXXX and beyond. Yeoman XV (an International 5.5 metre racing yacht) skippered by Aisher's son Robin Aisher won a bronze medal at the 1968 Olympic Games sailed in Acapulco.

• Yeoman Rose - a ship owned by Foster Yeoman, Ltd.

• Yeoman Bridge - a ship owned by Foster Yeoman, Ltd.

[edit] Music

• The Yeomen of the Guard – a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta
• A German a cappella band is named YeoMen
• Robert W. Smith wrote a song called "The Gathering of the Yeomen" in memory of his father.

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Banded Yeoman is a forest or woodlands butterfly[1]
• The Oberlin College sports teams are the Yeomen and Yeowomen
• Chief Yeoman is a favored horse of her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
• Yeomen and Yeowomen were also used by York University prior to changing their name and mascot to the Lions. Officially, the change was an effort to be gender-neutral, though many commonly attributed it to the fact that, with the notable exceptions of those enrolled in the school's British History program, few students and staff of York knew what the terms meant.
• A company named Yeoman produces an item of navigational equipment called the Yeoman Plotter
• A company named Yeoman Light Aircraft Company (YLAC) makes private planes
• A farm in Ireland known as "Yeomanstown Stud" is famous for its horse breeding.
• In the original Star Trek, men or women serving as aides to the captain and other senior officers are referred to as "Yeoman."