The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shearman \Shear"man\, n.; pl. Shearmen. One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
Wiktionary
n. One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
Wikipedia
Shearman is a surname, which may be pronounced as "Sherman" (as for example with John Shearman). Notable people with the surname include:
- John Shearman (1931–2003), English art historian (also at Princeton and Harvard)
- Linda Shearman, British retired competitive ice dancer
- Rob Shearman, English writer
- Russell Shearman (died in 1956), American special effects artist
Usage examples of "shearman".
Willie Shearman had come upon her in the park and Harry had worked her over with his ball-bat while Richie and Willie held her.
Shearman stays behind in the mezzanine restroom of the Whitmore just as Bill Shearman stays behind in the fifth-floor office of Western States Land Analysts.
Willie thinks of a jacket Willie and Bill Shearman some-times see on the street.
Saigon and almost thirty since a Huey evacked John Sullivan, Willie Shearman, and maybe a dozen others out of Dong Ha Province.
She sat next to a business-man who saw her no more than the crew of the Huey had, or Willie Shearman, or the staff at the Pussy Palace.
Sofia, but continued to give instructions to the other nuns, who were holding the waiting sheep while the shearman and his holders shaved off the thick woolly coats.
The two other condemned men, James Freeman and William Shearman, were led out, as Barrett had been, under escort, with the chaplain walking between them.
A subdued Leach snapped the order, and the sergeant and his two assistants triced the convict Shearman to their crossed pikes.