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Pullman

/ˈpʊlmən/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A railroad passenger car; especially one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.
  2. A surname, notably that of George Pullman.
  3. A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lee Township, Allegan County, Michigan.
  5. A city in Whitman County, Washington.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
  7. A neighbourhood of Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.
  8. A train made up of Pullman coaches.
  9. A neighbourhood of Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, named after the Pullman Company.
  10. A community area and neighbourhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, formerly a company town founded by George Pullman.

Etymology / origin

Ellipsis of Pullman car, after the Pullman Palace Car Company, named after American engineer and industrialist George Pullman (1831–1897).

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