Available Definitions:
1) n. - A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.
2) n. - A servant; a retainer.
3) n. - A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry.
4) n. - An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.