Associations to the word «Truman»

Wiktionary

TRUMAN, proper noun. A surname​.
TRUMAN, proper noun. A male given name

Dictionary definition

TRUMAN, noun. Elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972).

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