sherman

IPA: ʃˈɝmʌn

Root Word: Sherman

An English surname originating as an occupation for a sheep-shearer.
An American surname from German derived from the German Schuermann.
An Ashkenazic Jewish occupational surname for a tailor.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Any of a number of places in the United States of America:
A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
A village in Sangamon County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas.
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky.
A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
An unincorporated community in Wexford County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in McLeod County, Minnesota.
A town in Lee County, Pontotoc County and Union County, Mississippi.
An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri.
An unincorporated community in Grant County, New Mexico.
A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.
A minor town in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
A city, the county seat of Grayson County, Texas.
A ghost town in Lincoln County, Washington.
An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
A town in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
A town in Iron County, Wisconsin.
A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
A ghost town in Albany County, Wyoming.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Sherman Township.
(historical) A Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II.
(informal) An official refusal to serve in public office or similar; a Shermanesque statement.

Examples of "sherman" in Sentences

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Hopefully they'll lay off that sherman jenkins fraud and bring in someone that knows how to attract business, not just give political contributions.
This analogy has become even more appropriate in recent years, with reports of international naval vessels ﬁ ring on local ﬁ sherman and protecting their own vessels illegally ﬁ shing in Somali waters.
Somali ﬁ sherman started out trying to deter illegal dumping and ﬁ shing and graduated from attacking vessels to seizing them for ransom, with the Hawiye clan, based around Haradere in central Somalia, emerging as the dominant group of pirates in 2004.