Meaning of Sherman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a sheep-shearer.
2. Any of a number of places in the United States of America:
3. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
4. A Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II.
   historical
5. An American surname from German derived from the German Schuermann.
6. A village in Sangamon County, Illinois.
7. An official refusal to serve in public office or similar; a Shermanesque statement.
   informal
8. An Ashkenazic Jewish occupational surname for a tailor.
9. An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas.
10. A male given name transferred from the surname.
11. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky.
12. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
13. An unincorporated community in Wexford County, Michigan.
14. An unincorporated community in McLeod County, Minnesota.
15. A town in Lee County, Pontotoc County and Union County, Mississippi.
16. An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri.
17. An unincorporated community in Grant County, New Mexico.
18. A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.
19. A minor town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
20. A city, the county seat of Grayson County, Texas.
21. A ghost town in Lincoln County, Washington.
22. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
23. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
24. A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
25. A town in Iron County, Wisconsin.
26. A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
27. A ghost town in Albany County, Wyoming.
28. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Sherman Township.

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Examples

“A lot of photographers nominated the printers, who promptly pulled a Sherman. Granted, some printers, typically of the smaller variety or those who had existing departments, answered their party's call⟳. More did not.”

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