yeomanlike
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
yeomanlike (comparative more yeomanlike, superlative most yeomanlike)
- Resembling a yeoman or yeoman's work: brave and stout
- 1995 March 31, Sarah Bryan Miller, “Despot Measures”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- The small orchestra played superbly under Wikman's direction; of special note is David Schrader's yeomanlike service on the harpsichord.
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yeomanlike (comparative more yeomanlike, superlative most yeomanlike)
- In the manner of a yeoman; bravely and stoutly
- 1819, Walter Scott, chapter 13, in Ivanhoe[2]:
- One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely.