“yeomanette”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

yeomanette

释义

yeomanette, n. U.S. colloq. (now Hist.).|jəʊməˈnɛt|
[f. yeoman n. 2 c + -ette.]
A woman yeoman of the U.S. naval reserve (esp. during and immediately after the war of 1914–18).
1918Afloat & Ashore 18 Sept. 13/2 Yeomanette Smithy spent a weekend at Holly Hill recently and says the red bugs did not behave themselves.1919Army & Navy Register (U.S.) 15 Feb. 200/2 The terms ‘yeowoman’ and ‘yeomanette’ have been applied to the young ladies who are serving in the naval reserve force.1945Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 361 It was World War I that really gave the -ette ending a start in the United States. It was first applied, I believe, to the yeomanettes who did clerical work for the Navy.1979R. Lerman Eleanor 56 Two years ago, before she became a yeomenette [sic] and went to work for Franklin at Navy, she was my social secretary.

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