<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.</li><li>a farmer who cultivates his own land.</li><li>one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land, early admitted in England to political rights.</li><li>a servant, attendant, or subordinate official in a royal or other great household.</li><li>a subordinate or assistant, as of a sheriff or other official or in a craft or trade.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, pertaining to, composed of, or characteristic of yeomen: the yeoman class.</li><li>performed or rendered in a loyal, valiant, useful, or workmanlike manner, especially in situations that involve a great deal of effort or labor: He did a yeoman job on the problem.</li></ul>