yeoman farmer

collocation in English

meaningsofyeomanandfarmer

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yeoman
noun[C]
uk
/ˈjəʊ.mən/us
/ˈjoʊ.mən/
in the past, a man who was not a servant and who owned and cultivated (= grew crops on) an area ...
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farmer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɑː.mər/us
/ˈfɑːr.mɚ/
someone who owns or takes care of ...
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(Definition ofyeomanandfarmerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The power of the teetotaler's cautionary confession is thus made abundantly evident: ayeomanfarmer becomes a new-style meritocratic landed gentleman.
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It is not going to have much effect even where there areyeomanfarmerschemes, but they are capable of making some contribution.
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I believe that the small owneroccupier is as important to the town as theyeomanfarmeris to the countryside.
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I used to be proud of my status as ayeomanfarmeralthough my friends have long held that to be a fiction.
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I think that it puts too much emphasis on theyeomanfarmerscheme with a holding of about 50 acres and too little on family smallholdings.
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He idealized theyeomanfarmerdespite being himself a gentleman plantation owner.
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The party promoted states' rights and the primacy of theyeomanfarmerover bankers, industrialists, merchants, and other monied interests.
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Members dreamed of ayeomanfarmerempire and thought that western farmers were exploited by wealthy easterners, particularly merchants and land speculators.
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He idealized theyeomanfarmerwho could think independently, as opposed to the city worker who would do what his bosses ordered.
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Some of them wereyeomanfarmer/miners and others local gentlemen.
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Peel started life as ayeomanfarmerbut experimented with calico printing, eventually creating a parsley leaf pattern which would become his trademark.
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Jefferson believed deeply in republicanism and argued it should be based on the independentyeomanfarmer and planter; he distrusted cities, factories and banks.
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They were seen as thieves ("robbers" or "squatters") who had seized vast tracts of land at the expense of yeoman farmers and the ideal of economic egalitarianism which they represented.
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But it was the yeoman farmers, the old occupiers of this country, who founded our agriculture and made it famous.
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Over the years, party men like to talk about keeping the countryside in good heart, with independent yeoman farmers eagerly preparing for the next harvest.
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There have been letters in the newspapers saying that we are sweeping away the smallholders, "these fine yeoman farmers "—and all that.
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It was created by those who managed the land, from the big landowners through the yeoman farmers to the cottager.
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