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noun
- A native or inhabitant of New England.
- A native or inhabitant of the Northern USA.
- A native or inhabitant of the USA.
- The letter Y in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- (nautical) A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail.
- (baseball)A player that plays for the w:New York Yankees, New York Yankees.
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noun (yeomen)
- An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household.
- A third in order of the feudal servant fighting class below knight, squire and above a page. A yeoman archer is typically a mounted archer but who fights on foot, sometimes called a man-at-arms.
- A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
- A Yeoman Warder.
- A clerk in the US navy, and US Coast Guard.
- A member of the Yeomanry Cavalry officially chartered in 1794 originating around the 1760s.
- A member of the Imperial Yeomanry officially created in 1890s and renamed in 1907.
- A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land.
- (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
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noun - Class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land.
- A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
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