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Peasant vs Yeoman - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between peasant and yeoman

is that peasant is a member of the lowly social class which toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture while yeoman is an official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page.

peasant

English

(wikipedia peasant)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A member of the lowly social class which toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
  • A country person.
  • An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
  • (strategy games ) a worker unit

    • Synonyms

    * (lowly social class ) peon, serf * churl * (country person ) rustic, villager * (crude person ) boor

    Derived terms

    * peasantry

    Anagrams

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    yeoman

    English

    (Yeoman)

    Noun

    (yeomen)
  • An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page.
  • (historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.
  • A subordinate, deputy, aide, or assistant.
  • A Yeoman Warder.
  • A clerk in the US navy, and US Coast]] [[guard, Guard.
  • (nautical) In a vessel of war, the person in charge of the storeroom.
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * chief yeoman of the signals * good yeoman service * king's yeoman * navigator's yeoman * queen's yeoman * traveling yeoman * yeoman archer * yeoman of the king's pantry * yeoman of the king's buttery * yeoman of the horse or carriage * yeoman usher of the black rod * yeomanry * yeomanry cavalry * yeoman's job * yeoman's service * yeoman of the stores * yeoman of the chamber * yeomen of the crown * yeomen of the guard * yeowoman

    References

    See also

    * (wikipedia "yeoman") *