English → Latin
“yeoman” in Latin
agerfield; acre; land; estate; park; territorydominusmaster, owner, possessor, proprietor; owner of a residence; master of his servants and slaves; lord, ruleragrāriusagrarianarātorploughman or plowman, farmer, husbandman (someone that ploughs/plows)satellesattendant, follower, guard, bodyguard; followers, train; accomplice, abettor
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
yeoman
agri, agrorum possessor or dominus: agrarius (Cic., Att., 1, 19, 4; landed proprietor): liberi praedii possessor (having a freehold); plur., aratores: yeomen of the guard, custodes corporis; stipatores corporis; satellites (from the context). Vid: LIFE-GUARD.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for yeoman?
- The usual Latin words for “yeoman” are ager, dominus, agrārius; also arātor, satelles. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.