TRUMAN

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• TRUMAN (noun)
  The noun TRUMAN has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: TRUMAN used as a noun is very rare.

• TRUMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Harry S Truman; Harry Truman; President Truman; Truman

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

 Context examples 

Look at Truman, Hanbury, and Buxton!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)