Yeoman

A yeoman was a late medieval British farmer Farmer

A farmer is a person who is engaged in agrarian business [i] by using land. ... 

 of middling social status who owned his own land and often farmed it himself. Earlier identified as a rank and position in the noble or Royal Household, such as Yeoman of the Chamber, Yeoman of the Crown, Yeoman Usher, King's Yeoman, and various others.

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A yeoman was a late medieval British farmer Farmer

A farmer is a person who is engaged in agrarian business [i] by using land. ... 

 of middling social status who owned his own land and often farmed it himself. Earlier identified as a rank and position in the noble or Royal Household, such as Yeoman of the Chamber, Yeoman of the Crown, Yeoman Usher, King's Yeoman, and various others.
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