n.[C]

1. 【美】（海军）文书军士
2. 【史】【英】自耕农；自由民；（国王或贵族的）侍从

n.

1. historical a man holding a small landed estate; a freeholder.
   ▸a person qualified for jury duties, electoral rights, etc. by virtue of possessing free land.
2. historical a servant in a royal or noble household, ranking between a sergeant and a groom or a squire and a page.
3. historical a member of the yeomanry force.
4. (also yeoman of signals) (in the Royal and other Commonwealth navies) a petty officer concerned with signalling.
   ▸a petty officer in the US navy performing clerical duties on board ship.