Definition of Pullman

1. Noun. Luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel.

Exact synonyms: Pullman Car
Generic synonyms: Carriage, Coach, Passenger Car

Definition of Pullman

1. Noun. A railroad passenger car; especially, one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pullman

1. a railroad sleeping car [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pullman

Puka Inti
Pula
Pulex
Pulex irritans
Puli
Pulicaria
Pulicaria dysenterica
Pulicidae
Pulik
Pulinda
Pulindas
Pulitzer
Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prizes
Pulitzers
Pullman (current term)
Pullman car
Pullman porter
Pullmans
Pulmonata
Pulsatilla
Pulsatilla occidentalis
Pulsatilla patens
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pumas
Pumpokol
Puna tinamou
Puna tinamous
Punch
Punch and Judy

Literary usage of Pullman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1877-1945 by Clayton D. Laurie, Ronald H. Cole (1997)
"Origins of the Pullman Strike Pullman, Illinois, was founded in 1880 by entrepreneur George M. Pullman as a model town and the site of the Pullman Palace ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1915)
"The contract between the Pullman Company and the railroad company was ... It appeared that there was supplied by the Pullman Company on its own cars a ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Plaintiff amended his petition, and attached thereto, as Exhibit A, a copy of an agreement signed by him and the Pullman Company, and prayed that the said ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"4 Ohio NP 26, 6 Ohio S. & CP Dec. 85; Stevenson v. Pullman Palace Car Co ... RA.1918B. t ion and Pullman accommodation, took the night train at about 10:30 ..."

5. Railroad Traffic and Rates by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1911)
"CHAPTER XXIX THE Pullman COMPANY Early development of Pullman services—Organization of Pullman Company with diagram—Pullman equipment in use—Contract ..."

6. Railroad Traffic and Rates by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1911)
"CHAPTER XXIX THE Pullman COMPANY Early development of Pullman services—Organization of Pullman Company with diagram—Pullman equipment in use—Contract ..."

7. Announcement by Washington State University (1907)
"Econ Pullman Pritchard, Walter Howard El. Sci Pullman Provence, Oliver Cyrus El. Sci Albion Putman, Mrs. D. P Special Pullman Putman, Maud Special Pullman ..."

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