noun
Sherman
SHUR-muhn
noun
1
The Sherman tank, the main American and Allied battle tank of World War II.
"Rows of Sherman tanks rolled through the town after the liberation."
How to Use Sherman
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBest known today as the name of a famous WWII-era American tank.
Word Forms
Shermans plural, Shermans plural
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Etymology
As a surname, from Middle English schereman ("shear-man"), an occupational name for someone who sheared cloth or sheep. The tank was named after US Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman.
Rhymes for Sherman
German
merman
Herman
Berman
superman
peterman
alderman
waterman
Ackerman
Huberman
elderman
fisherman
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