Yeoman

n. petty officer (U.S. Navy); independent farmer, landowner; clerk; servant

The word Yeoman is commonly used in association with a military duty, position, or rank originating from the common use of the word in the 13th and 14th Centuries in medieval warfare, as well in the royal court and noble households. The word Yeoman also has several other related meanings:A man holding a small landed estateA free man, or man born freeA member of a British reserve cavalry unit called a Yeomanry, similar to a militia, which was traditionally raised from respected and moderately wealthy commoners.In the Royal Navy and the US Navy, a petty officer with special duties.
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Noun
1. officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
(synonym) yeoman of the guard, beefeater
(hypernym) bodyguard, escort
2. in former times was free and cultivated his own land
(hypernym) freeholder

n. yeoman, petty officer (U.S. Navy); independent farmer, landowner; clerk; servant

(n.)
An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.
  

(n.)
A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry.
  

(n.)
A servant; a retainer.
  

(n.)
A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.