Dictionary of Ancient Occupations and Trades,
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- yardman
- •a worker in a railroad yard or lumberyard.
- yegg
- •20th c sl a travelling burgler or safecracker.
- yeoman
- •a farmer who owned his own land.
- •Brit hist one qualified by possessing free land of certain value to serve on juries, vote for the knight of the shire, etc.
- •a volunteer member of a cavalry force raised from the yeoman class (Brit. 1794-1908).
- •a servant in a royal or noble household.
- •mil A petty naval officer performing visual signaling (Brit) or clerical (US) duties.
- •Brit hist one qualified by possessing free land of certain value to serve on juries, vote for the knight of the shire, etc.
- yeoman clothier
- •an 18th century cloth trade middle-man who supplied raw wool to the individual hand-loom weavers within the domestic system, then collected their finished pieces for sale at the cloth hall.
- yeoman of the guard
- •a member of the British sovereign's personal bodyguard.
- •a warder in the Tower of London.
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