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Definition of Sherman

1. 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).

2. Noun. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793).

3. Noun. A peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high).

4. Noun. A town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border.

Definition of Sherman

1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English occupational from=Middle English dot=) for a sheep-shearer. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname A=An American from=German dot=) derived from the (etyl de) Schuermann. ¹

3. Proper noun. An Ashkenazic Jewish occupational surname for a tailor. ¹

4. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) derived from the surnames. ¹

5. Proper noun. A Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sherman

Shenton's line Shenyang Shenzhen Sheol Shepard Shepard scale Shepard tone Shepherd's fracture Sheraton Sheremetyevo

Sheri Sheridan Sherlock Sherlock Holmes Sherlockian Sherman Sherman-Bourquin unit of vitamin B2 Sherman-Munsell unit Sherman unit Shermanesque

Sherpa Sherpur District Sherri Sherrington Sherrington's law Sherrington phenomenon Sherry Sherwood Sherwood Anderson Sherwood Forest

Literary usage of Sherman

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

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1905)
"Elizabeth Sharman dau. of John Sharman, gent, baptized John sherman, son of John Sharman gent, baptized Robert sherman " " " " " " William sherman" ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1913)
"The English shermans [April 1669 Edmund son of Edmund and Grace sherman 25 ... 1672 Mary daughter of Mr. Edmund sherman and Sarah 12 March 1674 Susanna ..."

3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Baird, H: C. John sherman: a critical examination of his claims to ... sherman. FD Branch of the sherman family descended from Philip sherman, ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Eng Hist R 33:145-75 Ap 'IS sherman, Frank Dempster Poetry of Frank Dempster ... Kind M 2S:233 Ap '16 sherman. Lawrence Y. Conclusive and overwhelming ..."

5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
""That of the amount found due and awarded for damages for and in respect of the land condemned under this net for the extension and widening of said sherman ..."

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