YEOMAN in a Sentence

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The friar was now completely accoutred as a yeoman, with sword and buckler, bow, and quiver, and a strong partisan over his shoulder.

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 Meanings and Examples of YEOMAN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
yeoman
 n.  officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
 n.  in former times was free and cultivated his own land
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  "A woodsman's mark, and at woodsman's distance, I can hit," answered the yeoman.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  He satisfied himself, however, with commanding the men-at-arms, who surrounded the lists, to keep an eye on the braggart, pointing to the yeoman.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
3  "I shall not fly the trial," said the yeoman, with the composure which marked his whole deportment.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
4  "Locksley," answered the yeoman.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  The yeoman returned in the course of a few minutes.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  Good yeoman," said the knight, coming forward, "be not wroth with my merry host.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
7  The friar was now completely accoutred as a yeoman, with sword and buckler, bow, and quiver, and a strong partisan over his shoulder.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  And, to conclude the whole, an arrow, neatly enough drawn, was described as the mark of the yeoman Locksley.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  The yeoman having thus accomplished his mission, returned to the head-quarters of the allies, which were for the present established under a venerable oak-tree, about three arrow-flights distant from the castle.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
10  Around, and at a distance from them, were seen many a bold yeoman, whose silvan dress and weatherbeaten countenances showed the ordinary nature of their occupation.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
11  The stout yeoman Locksley was the first who was aware of it, as he was hasting to the outwork, impatient to see the progress of the assault.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
12  Good yeoman," said Cedric, "my heart is oppressed with sadness.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
13  As Rowena bent her steed towards Locksley's seat, that bold yeoman, with all his followers, rose to receive her, as if by a general instinct of courtesy.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
14  It was she, then," said the yeoman, "who was carried off by the proud Templar, when he broke through our ranks on yester-even.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
15  Good fruit, Sir Knight," said the yeoman, "will sometimes grow on a sorry tree; and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
Example Sentence:
1  She's tough, she's a good, if not great, marker, handles pretty well and just gets the job done in a yeoman, blue-collar manner.