yeomen
n. 自耕农,仆人(yeoman的复数); <史>自耕农,自由民( yeoman的名词复数 ); 义勇骑兵队成员
In former times, a yeoman was a man who was free and not a servant, and who owned and worked on his own land.
He would repeat the word " Yeomen " as if it afforded him consolation.
他要把 自耕农 三个字重复一下,好象给他安慰似的.