Truman

[ troo-muhn ]

noun

1. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Bess, 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
2. Harry S, 1884–1972, 33rd president of the U.S. 1945–53.
3. a male given name.

Truman

/ ˈtruːmən /

noun

1. TrumanHarry S18841972MUSPOLITICS: statesman Harry S . 1884–1972, US Democratic statesman; 33rd president of the US (1945–53). He approved the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Japan (1945), advocated the postwar loan to Britain, and involved the US in the Korean War

Example Sentences

In 1948, as a result of the commission’s conclusions, Truman signed Executive Order 9981 that ended segregation in the armed forces.

From Washington Post

As divided as Americans are politically today, Democrats and Republicans seem to agree that Truman set a benchmark for character in the Oval Office.

From Washington Post

Truman believed that if the Soviets sacked Greece and Turkey, the United States would have to prepare for war.

From Washington Post

Truman’s Democratic Party had splintered into three factions and pre-election polls signaled Dewey was comfortably ahead.

From Fortune

The final Gallup poll in 1948 had Harry Truman 5 points behind Thomas Dewey, for example, but Truman actually won by 4 points, making for a 9-point polling error.

From FiveThirtyEight

President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that read: “The Buck Stops Here.”

From The Daily Beast

In 1951, Harry Truman fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War.

From The Daily Beast

It is also the one worn by Presidents Eisenhower, Truman, and George W. Bush.

From The Daily Beast

Phil Hoffman had to transform himself into Truman Capote while Julia Roberts won for being brassy in Erin Brockovich.

From The Daily Beast

President Truman established the National Security Agency two years later.

From The Daily Beast

He even looked pained; and Ida, conscious that she had unwittingly touched a sore spot, took up the strain Mr. Truman had broken.

From Project Gutenberg

Now when Squire Truman came here to settle, they tried quick enough to save his soul.

From Project Gutenberg

Seeing them both in one place is like seeing Truman and that music critic sit down at the piano together.

From Project Gutenberg

If he read of some great man, he asked if he was as great as Farmer Truman.

From Project Gutenberg

Truman opened post offices at a number of places in Los Angeles County.

From Project Gutenberg