Yeoman of the guard meaning

Noun: yeoman of the guard

Yeoman of the guard meaning:

• Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch

Synonyms: yeoman, beefeater
Derived forms: yeomen of the guard

Quotations:

1. Noah Webster – One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
2. Ian Hay – Afterwards he was to take her to The Yeoman of the Guard, which was running through a revival at the Savoy Theatre.
3. Frederic Rowland – The abbot was summoned to administer the extreme unction, and the yeomen of the guard were called to see him die.

Sample sentences:

1. “The Yeomen of the Guard” is, of all operas ever written, the one most essentially English.
2. Henry instituted the Yeomen of the Guard to be his personal bodyguards night and day.
3. The great man upon his horse, towering above the yeomen of the guard who surrounded him, lifted his hand.
4. There is a genuine vein of poetry in The Yeomen of the Guard.
5. I refer, of course, to “The Yeomen of the Guard.”
6. The Yeomen of the Guard rode before her; and so she went to the House of Parliament.
7. He had but his hundred yeomen of the guard, not more numerous than the ordinary followers of a second-rate noble.
8. Soon we see the Yeomen of the Guard, clad in their traditional garb and carrying their halberds, and amongst them is old Sergeant Meryll.
9. Hats were interchangeable, more especially the trim hat with a feather, in shape like those worn by the Yeoman of the Guard, but smaller.
10. Twelve yeomen of the guard, clothed in the royal livery, ash-color and green, upon princely horses with golden saddles, brought up the rear.
11. Probably the most successful of this year’s dramatic ventures is “The Yeomen of the Guard” at the Casino.
12. The Yeomen of the Guard, at the entrance of the palace, close the view.
13. Otherwise his Majesty only uses a chair, with six footmen walking before, and six yeomen of the guard at the sides of the sedan.
14. The yeomen of the guard in scarlet jerkins with halberds in their hands, guarded the passage from the palace to the waterside.
15. He was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.
16. The Officers of the Yeomen of the Guard, with their Corps.
17. Otherwise his Majesty only uses a chair, with six footmen walking before, and six yeomen of the guard at the sides of the sedan.
18. Was he a yeoman of the guard, or in attendance on one of my lord’s nobles in waiting?
19. This man belonged to a body that is called the Yeomen of the Guard.
20. Yet Henry’s standing army consisted of a few gentlemen pensioners and yeomen of the guard; he had neither secret police nor organised bureaucracy.
21. After this the yeoman of the guard led his party to a great many other curious places.
22. Personal attendants, looking like yeomen of the guard in red cloth dresses, variegated with yellow; the Rajah wearing a Chinese copper hat.
23. At the foot of the stairs he cried and sunk down; the yeomen of the guard were forced to drag him up under the arms.
24. On either side of them walked the yeomen of the guard, the bright sunlight flashing from the polished blades of the steel halberds they carried.
25. Henry instituted the Yeomen of the Guard to be his personal bodyguards night and day.