Find the word definition

Crossword clues for sherman

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Sherman

type of U.S. medium tank used in World War II, 1942, named for U.S. Civil War Gen. William T. Sherman (1820-1891). The surname is from Old English scearra "shears" + mann "man;" hence "shearer of woolen garments."

Gazetteer
Sherman, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 714
Housing Units (2000): 316
Land area (2000): 0.829830 sq. miles (2.149249 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.829830 sq. miles (2.149249 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66949
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.160122 N, 79.594685 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 14781
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sherman, NY
Sherman
Sherman, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 2871
Housing Units (2000): 989
Land area (2000): 3.075564 sq. miles (7.965673 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.049560 sq. miles (0.128359 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.125124 sq. miles (8.094032 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69342
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.892202 N, 89.604784 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sherman, IL
Sherman
Sherman, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000): 87
Housing Units (2000): 33
Land area (2000): 0.262902 sq. miles (0.680913 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.262902 sq. miles (0.680913 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58580
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 43.757668 N, 96.475695 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57060
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sherman, SD
Sherman
Sherman, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 35082
Housing Units (2000): 14926
Land area (2000): 38.550276 sq. miles (99.844751 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.068363 sq. miles (0.177059 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 38.618639 sq. miles (100.021810 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67496
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.641077 N, 96.609991 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 75090
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sherman, TX
Sherman
Sherman, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000): 548
Housing Units (2000): 263
Land area (2000): 1.866312 sq. miles (4.833725 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.866312 sq. miles (4.833725 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67200
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 34.360659 N, 88.838734 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Sherman, MS
Sherman
Sherman -- U.S. County in Kansas
Population (2000): 6760
Housing Units (2000): 3184
Land area (2000): 1055.801003 sq. miles (2734.511928 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.211681 sq. miles (0.548250 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1056.012684 sq. miles (2735.060178 sq. km)
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.344980 N, 101.743383 W
Headwords:
Sherman
Sherman, KS
Sherman County
Sherman County, KS
Sherman -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000): 3318
Housing Units (2000): 1839
Land area (2000): 565.842460 sq. miles (1465.525181 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.783345 sq. miles (14.978795 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 571.625805 sq. miles (1480.503976 sq. km)
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.199340 N, 98.953378 W
Headwords:
Sherman
Sherman, NE
Sherman County
Sherman County, NE
Sherman -- U.S. County in Oregon
Population (2000): 1934
Housing Units (2000): 935
Land area (2000): 823.207839 sq. miles (2132.098424 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.995722 sq. miles (20.708824 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 831.203561 sq. miles (2152.807248 sq. km)
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 45.509328 N, 120.745630 W
Headwords:
Sherman
Sherman, OR
Sherman County
Sherman County, OR
Sherman -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 3186
Housing Units (2000): 1275
Land area (2000): 923.031901 sq. miles (2390.641547 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.163302 sq. miles (0.422949 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 923.195203 sq. miles (2391.064496 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 36.274344 N, 101.931950 W
Headwords:
Sherman
Sherman, TX
Sherman County
Sherman County, TX
Wikipedia
Sherman (name)

Sherman is a surname that originated in the Anglo-Saxon language. It means a "shearer of woolen garments", being derived from the words scearra, or "shears", and mann, or "man". The name is cognate with Sharman, Shearman and Shurman. Sherman has also been regularly used as a given name in the United States. This was probably originally in honor of Roger Sherman, though after the Civil War William Tecumseh Sherman was also an influence.

Sherman (constructor)

Sherman was an American racing car constructor. Sherman cars competed in two FIA World Championship races - the and Indianapolis 500.

Sherman

Sherman commonly refers to:

  • Sherman (name), a surname and given name (and list of persons with the name)
    • William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891), American Civil War General
  • M4 Sherman, a tank

Sherman may also refer to:

Sherman (Pacific Electric)

Sherman was a suburban line of the Pacific Electric Railway, originally built in 1896 as part of the Pasadena and Pacific. Pasadena and Pacific became part of the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. The line ran between Downtown Los Angeles and the suburb of Sherman (present-day) West Hollywood. The line is named after Moses Sherman, who built the line and built Sherman street car yard on the line in West LA. The large 5.56 acre, rail facility was on Santa Monica Boulevard just West of La Cienega Boulevard. The yard had a steam power house, a car barn and a shop building. Pacific Electric moved the yard works to 7th & Central in LA. In the 1930 buses started to run from the depot there also. The lines was discontinued on September 25, 1954. In 1974 all the rail buildings were taking down for development.

Usage examples of "sherman".

Confining ourselves simply to the available evidence that is strictly contemporaneous with the framing and ratifying of the Constitution, we find the following members of the Convention that framed the Constitution definitely asserting that this would be the case: Gerry and King of Massachusetts, Wilson and Gouverneur Morris of Pennsylvania, Martin of Maryland, Randolph, Madison, and Mason of Virginia, Dickinson of Delaware, Yates and Hamilton of New York, Rutledge and Charles Pinckney of South Carolina, Davie and Williamson of North Carolina, Sherman and Ellsworth of Connecticut.

General Blair was, by temporary assignment of General Sherman, in command of a corps through the battles in front of Chattanooga, and in the march to the relief of Knoxville, which occurred in the latter days of November and early days of December last, and of course was not present at the assembling of Congress.

The reason for this, which we did not learn until weeks later, was that Sherman, who had cut loose from Atlanta and started on his famous March to the Sea, had taken such a course as rendered it probable that Millen was one of his objective points.

Separate convictions under different counts charging a monopolization and a conspiracy to monopolize trade, in an indictment under the Sherman Antitrust Act, do not amount to double jeopardy.

The Nancy and Betty Sherman of the story told there were Nancy and Betsy Penman, daughters of a United Empire Loyalist who came from the States at the close of the war of Independence.

Ray Stingo was riding on a Sherman tank, taking a practice spin, treads flattening cactus.

The next was after Hood made his desperate attack on Sherman, on the 22d of July, and the third was when Stoneman was captured at Macon.

I could just see the headlines: Transvestite found dead in Sherman Oaks hotel room.

And Sherman kept telling him not to worry about anything, not to try to get into the trivia of operations, telling him he had far more important work as the spiritual leader of the worldwide flock.

Nim guessed that Norris had preferred it when Paul Sherman Yale was in Washington and uninvolved in trust business.

Anthony of Rhode Island, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cattell of New Jersey, Chandler of Michigan, Cole of California, Conkling of New York, Conness of California, Corbett of Oregon, Cragin of New Hampshire, Drake of Missouri, Edmunds of Vermont, Ferry of Connecticut, Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Harlan of Iowa, Howard of Michigan, Howe of Wisconsin, Morgan of New York, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton of Indiana, Nye of Nevada, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy of Kansas, Ramsey of Minnesota, Sherman of Ohio, Sprague of Rhode Island, Stewart of Nevada, Sumner of Massachusetts, Thayer of Nebraska, Tipton of Nebraska, Wade of Ohio, Willey of West Virginia, Williams of Oregon, Wilson of Massachusetts, and Yates of Illinois.

Roger Minott Sherman was unquestionably the ablest lawyer in New England who never obtained distinction in political life, and, with the exception of Daniel Webster and Jeremiah Mason and Rufus Choate, the ablest New England ever produced.

A committee was appointed, the Committee of Five, as it became known, consisting of Jefferson, Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Benjamin Franklin, who had by now returned from his expedition to Canada but was ill and exhausted and rarely seen.

Savannah was atwitter with the news of a lavish party the town leaders were planning for General Sherman and his staff.

Roger Norland, Wardell Payne, Mark Pendergrast, Larry Pizer, Bernice Reagan, Ellen Reeves, Joe Reidy Roy Rozensweig, Harry Ruben-stein, Faith Davis Ruffins, John Salter, John Anthony Scott, Saul Schniderman, Barry Schwartz, Louis Segal, Ruth Selig, Betty Sharpe, Brian Sherman, David Shiman, Beatrice Siegel, Barabara Clark Smith, Luther Spoehr, Jerold Starr, Mark Stoler, Bill Sturtevant, Lonn Taylor, Linda Tucker, Harriet Tyson, Ivan von Sertima, Herman Viola, Virgil J.