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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

自耕农

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zì gēng nóng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Yeoman/ˈjoʊ.mən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14200 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"自耕农在中世纪的英国社会中占据重要地位。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A man who cultivated a small landed estate; a freeholder.

    "The hardworking yeoman took great pride in managing his ancestral farm independently."
  2. 2

    A petty officer in the US Navy performing clerical or administrative duties.

    "The captain instructed the yeoman to file the transfer requests immediately."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word originated in Middle English around the 14th century, likely as a contraction of 'yong man' (young man) or from Old English elements related to a district or village servant. Historically, it evolved to designate a servant in a royal or noble household, and later a respectable small landowner who farmed his own land.

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