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name
A surname
An English surname originating as an occupation for a sheep-shearer.
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name
A surname
An American surname from German derived from the German Schuermann.
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name
A surname
An Ashkenazic Jewish surname originating as an occupation for a tailor.
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Sangamon County, Illinois.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wexford County, Michigan.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in McLeod County, Minnesota.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Lee County, Pontotoc County and Union County, Mississippi.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Grant County, New Mexico.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Grayson County, Texas.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Lincoln County, Washington.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Iron County, Wisconsin.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Albany County, Wyoming.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
Ellipsis of Sherman County: A number of counties in the United States
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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name
A number of places in the United States:
Ellipsis of Sherman Township: A number of townships in the United States, listed under Sherman Township.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
A Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II; Named after American general William Tecumseh Sherman. Coined by British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in 1942.
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Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Sherman tank, M4, M4 Sherman, M4 Sherman tank, M4 tank, M4 medium tank, Medium Tank, M4
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noun
An official refusal to serve in public office or similar; a Shermanesque statement. Named after American general William Tecumseh Sherman, who famously refused.
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Usage: informal
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Synonyms: Shermanesque, Shermanesque statement, Sherman statement
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noun
a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border
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noun
a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Mount Sherman
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Broader terms: mountain peak
noun
American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Roger Sherman
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Broader terms: American Revolutionary leader
noun
United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: William Tecumseh Sherman
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Broader terms: general, full general
History
(English surname): From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear + -man.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
