来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代早期英国社会 第2集 第2集》
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who possessed freehold land and they sometimes were,他们当中确实有人拥有可自由支配的土地 -
but in fact most of them were tenant farmers.但事实上他们绝大部分人是佃户 -
The crucial thing about yeomen is that自耕农最重要的特征是 -
they were substantial tenant farmers:租用别人的大量土地 -
people who employed labor;他们是可以雇佣劳力 -
people who could produce a substantial marketable surplus他们可生产出具有市场价值的剩余产品 -
which they could sell to the towns.这些产品可在城镇中兜售 -
These were the people who were sometimes described这些人有时被称作是 -
as the better sort of people村子里的优等人家 -
in their villages or the chief inhabitants.或者是高等居民 -
Beneath them were husbandmen,在他们之下的是农夫 -
small family farmers,小农家庭