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/ˈjəʊ.mən/ · noun
(UK) An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder)..
This model of production costs might alternatively be derived from a yeoman farmer model, in which households supply goods directly[.]
Use yeoman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Yeoman means (UK) An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder)..
Common synonyms include yeoman of the guard, beefeater.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This model of production costs might alternatively be derived from a yeoman farmer model, in which households supply goods directly[.]
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