Associations to the word «Tatum»

Wiktionary

TATUM, proper noun. A habitational surname​.
TATUM, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname.
TATUM, proper noun. A female given name transferred from the surname.
TATUM, proper noun. A village in Cameroon.
TATUM, proper noun. A town in New Mexico.
TATUM, proper noun. A town in South Carolina.
TATUM, proper noun. A city in Texas.

Dictionary definition

TATUM, noun. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975).
TATUM, noun. United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956).

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