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Yeoman: Definition and part of speech

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Yeoman

  1. n. An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.
  2. n. A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.
  3. n. A servant; a retainer.
  4. n. A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Yelp: Definition and part of speech

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Yelp

  1. n. A sharp, quick cry; a bark.
  2. v. i. To boast.
  3. v. i. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Yelper: Definition and part of speech

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Yelper

  1. n. The tattler.
  2. n. An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise.
  3. n. The avocet; — so called from its sharp, shrill cry.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.