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Dorman is a surname, derived from the Middle English word dere, or deor, meant "wild animal". Therefore, Dorman translates as "wild animal", or, perhaps, "wild animal-man". Another, Old English, derivation is from the Old English word deor, meaning "deer", and, mann, meaning "man": thus, Deer Man. Dorman is also a Turkic name which was widely used by the Cumans and Pechenegs. Notable people with the surname include:
Usage examples of "dorman".
OLIVER DORMAN, of the armed merchant barque Olive Branch, of Arundel, ten guns and twenty-five men, stared calculatingly upward, quadrant in hand, his grey fringe of chin whisker seeming to point accusingly at the towering spread of canvas that half filled itself in the faint, hot air currents of the doldrums, only to go slack once more, as though every sail, from the vast courses to the small and distant royals, had sickened beneath the violent glare of the August sun.
OF AID the sea captains that Marvin had ever known, Corunna Dorman, he made sure, was the most unremittently exasperating.
If Adler and I juggle Dorman between us, will you tail Tillett for me?
I hated to ask, but Adler was trailing Dorman, and I had to question Tillett.
Bill, Adler and I concentrated on Dorman and Morelli and kept track of every move they made.
I have tried every means to get Dormans to fix upon another village, but he is obstinate, and Precy it must be for you, and Chantilly for me.
I wants you to--and de puppies'll need you--and auntie, and--" Dorman gathered himself for the last, crushing argument--"and Uncle Redmon' wants you awf'lly!
He had scarcely ever been known to rally the poor scholars of Montaigu for the little hoods, after which they were nicknamed (Capettes), or the bursars of the Collège de Dormans for their shaven crowns and their tricoloured frock of grey, blue, and purple cloth—azurini coloris et bruni, as saith the charter of the Cardinal des Quatres-Couronnes.