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Is yeoman a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yeoman is a Scrabble US word. The word yeoman is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

Y4E1O1M3A1N1

Is yeoman a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yeoman is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

Y4E1O1M3A1N1

Is yeoman a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word yeoman is a Words With Friends word. The word yeoman is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Y3E1O1M4A1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

YEOMAN,

5-letter words (4 found)

ANOMY,MEANY,MONEY,YAMEN,

4-letter words (20 found)

AEON,AMEN,EOAN,MANE,MANO,MANY,MAYO,MEAN,MENO,MOAN,MONA,MONY,MOYA,MYNA,NAME,NEMA,NOMA,NOME,OMEN,YEAN,

3-letter words (33 found)

AME,ANE,ANY,AYE,EAN,EMO,EON,MAE,MAN,MAY,MEN,MNA,MOA,MOE,MON,MOY,NAE,NAM,NAY,NOM,NOY,NYE,NYM,OMA,ONE,ONY,OYE,YAE,YAM,YEA,YEN,YOM,YON,

2-letter words (22 found)

AE,AM,AN,AY,EA,EM,EN,MA,ME,MO,MY,NA,NE,NO,NY,OE,OM,ON,OY,YA,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 81 words from yeoman according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of yeoman

yeoman

Etymology

From Middle English yoman, yeman, from Old English *ġēamann, from Proto-West Germanic *gauwjamann (compare Old Frisian gāman (“villager”), Middle Dutch goymann (“arbiter”)), compound of Proto-West Germanic *gawi (“shire, district”) (compare Old English -ġē, -ġēa (“district, region”) (in ælġē, Sūþriġēa), West Frisian gea, goa, Dutch gouw, German Gau) + *mann (“man”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjəʊ.mən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjoʊ.mən/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈjiː.mən/
  • Rhymes: -əʊmən

Noun

yeoman (plural yeomen)

  1. (UK) An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder).
  2. (US) A dependable, diligent, or loyal worker or someone who does a great service.
  3. (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
  4. A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
  5. A Yeoman Warder.
  6. A clerk in the US Navy, and US Coast Guard.
  7. (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
  8. A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry, officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
  9. A member of the Imperial Yeomanry, officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
  10. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cirrochroa, of Asia and Australasia.

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References

Further reading

  • yeoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Yeoman in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeoman.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jo.man/
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Homophone: yeomans

Noun

yeoman m (plural (traditional) yeomen or yeomans)

  1. (historical) yeoman

Derived terms

  • yeomanerie

Further reading

  • “yeoman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • Aymone

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeoman.

Noun

yeoman m (plural yeomeni)

  1. yeoman

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