SHERMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sherman mean? 

• SHERMAN (noun)
  The noun SHERMAN has 4 senses:

1. United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)

2. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793)

3. a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)

4. a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border

  Familiarity information: SHERMAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHERMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Sherman; William Tecumseh Sherman

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 2

Meaning:

American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Roger Sherman; Sherman

Instance hypernyms:

American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Mount Sherman; Sherman

Instance hypernyms:

mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)

Holonyms ("Sherman" is a part of...):

Centennial State; CO; Colo.; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Sherman" is a part of...):

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)