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Meaning of Sherman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈʃɜː(ɹ)mən

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.
  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.
  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.

Equivalents

العربية شيرمان

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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