Colloq. abbrev. of YEOMAN; commonly in pl. = YEOMANRY 3.
[1710. J. Chamberlayne, St. Gt. Brit., II. III. (ed. 23), 534. M. Alford Yeo.]
1831. Lover, Leg. Irel., Paddy the Piper, 150. If the Husshians or the Yeo’s ketches you.
1898. K. Tynan, in Westm. Gaz., 12 Oct., 2/1. The yeos at Rathdrum had information that a house … was to be robbed.
