jan 1, 1563 - youngman
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A young man in the service of, or in attendance upon, a person of high rank or an official. 1540 <i>Henrie Hewton, Sherborne, yongman</i> (YRS11/86); 1563 <i>Davy Dallison, Yongman,</i> Howden (PR). The possible connection between this word and yeoman has been much discussed, in the OED, for instance, and in The English Yeoman by Mildred Campbell (1942). See yeoman.
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