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SHERMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Sherman" is a part of...):
Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)
Synonyms:
Mount Sherman; Sherman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Sherman" is a part of...):
Centennial State; CO; Colo.; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)
Sense 3
Meaning:
American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793)
Synonyms:
Roger Sherman; Sherman
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
American Revolutionary leader (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)
Synonyms:
Sherman; William Tecumseh Sherman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
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