Freeholder (5)
(Other definitions for owner that I've seen before include "Holder, proprietor" , "Possessor, proprietor" , "One who has something" , "Person with legal title to something" , "Holder, possessor" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">freeholder</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(yeoman is a kind of freeholder)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for yeoman that I've seen before include "Historically, English freeholders and footsoldiers" , "Warder of the Tower of London" , "Countryman" , "Beefeater was this Tower warden's nickname" , "Former royal servant" .)