yeoman

One might prefer the selfless virtue exemplified by Washington, the yeoman simplicity imagined by Jefferson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

And that was at a time when the main military bullwork of the country was the militia, these part-time, yeoman farmers.

From Slate ● May 3, 2023

A decade later, after what colleagues and constituents called the senator’s yeoman service as an advocate on health and environmental issues, a hidden side of Mr. Durenberger began to surface.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

But as they had in St. Louis the prior night, the penalty kill did yeoman work and the Blackhawks mustered very little.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

Part of each day was spent with Adam the yeoman shooting at a mark.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

No banks equivalent to those that proliferated in 18th-century England existed in America, and many hoped a republic of yeomen farmers could do without them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Federalists, typified by Manhattanite Alexander Hamilton, desired a restless, churning urban nation and opposed the Jeffersonian vision of a republic of rural yeomen.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023

Their style of play was seen to be "clumsy and oafish... like that of medieval yeomen".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2020

Miscreant yeomen who poached a swan egg, or harassed nesting swans, or — heaven forbid — ate a swan could be punished by a year and a day in jail.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2018

In the midst of the great company were ladies, pikemen, men at arms, and yeomen.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli