Associations to the word «Sherman»

Wiktionary

SHERMAN, proper noun. An English occupational surname​ for a sheep-shearer.
SHERMAN, proper noun. An American surname​ derived from the Schuermann.
SHERMAN, proper noun. An Ashkenazic Jewish occupational surname for a tailor.
SHERMAN, proper noun. A male given name derived from the surnames.
SHERMAN, noun. A Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II.

Dictionary definition

SHERMAN, 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).
SHERMAN, noun. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793).
SHERMAN, noun. A peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high).
SHERMAN, noun. A town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats