Sherman

/ˈʃɜː(ɹ)mən/ · name

Meaning

An English surname originating as an occupation for a sheep-shearer.
An American surname from German derived from the German Schuermann.
A village in Sangamon County, Illinois.
A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
An Ashkenazic Jewish occupational surname for a tailor.
Any of a number of places in the United States of America:
An unincorporated community in Wexford County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky.
A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
An official refusal to serve in public office or similar; a Shermanesque statement.
A Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II.
An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas.
An unincorporated community in McLeod County, Minnesota.

Sense 1: From Middle English schereman, scherman; equivalent to shear + -man.

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