Yeoman (disambiguation)

Yeoman may refer to:

Types of people

* A freeborn servant in a royal or noble household of high standing, below that of a squire, and above pages and grooms; equivalent to a sergeant or corporal depending on status
* Yeoman, a late medieval British farmer of middling social status
* Yeomen of the Guard, royal bodyguard
*Yeomen Warders, of the Tower of London
* "Yeoman of the Goths", according to the Westrogothic law, the lawspeaker who was appointed for life by the yeomen of the province
* "Yeoman", a naval rating of secretary/clerk in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard. In navies derivative of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, it can denote someone responsible for a specific duty, such as the Chief Yeoman of Signals, or someone acting as an aide to a superior for certain functions, such as the Navigator's Yeoman.
*Yeoman (F), a United States Naval rating for women in the US Navy around the time of World War I.
* Yeoman Cavalry, in 18th century Ireland, locally based counter-insurgency units raised by local landowners as first line of defence against threatened rebellion (see Irish Rebellion of 1798)
* Plain Folk of the Old South were also called yeoman

Surname

*Bill Yeoman
*Owain Yeoman
*Ray Yeoman
*Richard S. Yeoman
*Robert Yeoman
*Richard Yeoman-Clark

Places

* Yeoman, Indiana, a town in the United States

Ships

* "Yeoman", the name given by Owen Aisher, the UK yachtsman, to the succession of racing yachts he owned
* "Yeoman Rose", a ship owned by Foster Yeoman, Ltd.
* "Yeoman Bridge", a ship owned by Foster Yeoman, Ltd.

Music

* "The Yeomen of the Guard", a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta

Miscellaneous

* Banded Yeoman, a forest or woodlands butterfly [http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2382/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/orissa.htm]
* The Oberlin College sports teams, along with "Yeowomen"
* The York University sports teams, along with "Yeowomen", prior to changing their name and mascot to the "Lions"
*Foster Yeoman, Europe's largest independent asphalt and quarrying company
* The Yeoman Plotter, an item of navigational equipment
* The Chevrolet Yeoman, a station wagon based on the Chevrolet Bel Air. "See also Chevrolet Brookwood"