Sherman

Meanings

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a sheep-shearer.
2. An American surname from German derived from the German Schuermann.
3. An Ashkenazic Jewish occupational surname for a tailor.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.

1. Any of a number of places in the United States of America:
2. A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
3. A village in Sangamon County, Illinois.
4. An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas.
5. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Kentucky.
6. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
7. An unincorporated community in Wexford County, Michigan.
8. An unincorporated community in McLeod County, Minnesota.
9. A town in Lee County, Pontotoc County and Union County, Mississippi.
10. An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri.
11. An unincorporated community in Grant County, New Mexico.
12. A town and village in Chautauqua County, New York.

1. A Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II.
2. An official refusal to serve in public office or similar; a Shermanesque statement.

Etymology

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