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• tubman
  tubman

  noun

  a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
• Tubman
  Tubman

  noun

  Harriet Araminta, 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slavery to become a leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.

tubman

¹ American  

[tuhb-muhn] / ˈtʌb mən /

noun

Old English Law.

• tubmen
  plural

1. a barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.

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Tubman ² American  

[tuhb-muhn] / ˈtʌb mən /

noun

1. Harriet Araminta, 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slavery to become a leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.

2. William Vacanarat Shadrach 1895–1971, president of Liberia 1944–71.

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Tubman British  

/ ˈtʌbmən /

noun

1. William Vacanarat Shadrach (vəˈkænəˌræt ˈʃædræk). 1895–1971, Liberian statesman; president of Liberia (1944–71)

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Noun Inflected Forms

• tubmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tubman

First recorded in 1635–45; tub + -man

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Tubman

For more than 25 years, under the name Harriet Tubman, Messrs. Ross, Gibbs and Lewis have crafted a gorgeous balance of bombast and repose, and a distinctive approach to trio interplay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

Colvin said she had been inspired by the great anti-slavery campaigners Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

Just as playful and pointed are our extended scenes with Benicio del Toro’s indomitable Sergio St. Carlos, Willa’s karate teacher and something of a 21st century Harriet Tubman for undocumented workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

Post-Civil War, you discuss how there were certainly what we would call today kind of “intersectional” feminists, like Lucy Parsons, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

I think she’d have the same fire in her eye that Harriet Tubman does in the few pictures I’ve seen of her.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold