Coleman

[ kohl-muhn ]

/ ˈkoʊl mən /

noun

Cy Seymour Kaufman, 1929–2004, U.S. theatrical composer and jazz pianist.

Or·nette

[awr-net], /ɔrˈnɛt/, 1930–2015, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.

a male given name.

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Words nearby Coleman

cold welding, cold-work, cole, colectivo, colectomy, Coleman, colemanite, Colenso, colent., coleopter, Coleoptera

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Thankfully, the Coleman kids reached a Burger King, and Wahlberg and his amateur biker gang rode off.
Mark Wahlberg’s Pardon Plea: A Look Back At His Troubling, Violent, and Racist Rap Sheet|Marlow Stern|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“You got the wrong number for that,” Det. Johnson told her colleague, Coleman, over the phone while I fed her questions.
The Disappearing Cops of East St. Louis|Justin Glawe|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Monk said to Hawk, 'You're the great Coleman Hawkins, right?
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then I picked up a book that shredded my facile preconceptions—Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Mayor Coleman Young.
A Ghostwriter Steps Out of the Shadows|Bill Morris|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Hank Aaron, Bob Gibson, Coleman Young—Wheeler wrote all their autobigraphies.
A Ghostwriter Steps Out of the Shadows|Bill Morris|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The cavalcade, linked together in this order, had but just entered the stream when Coleman dropped the neckrope he was holding.
Mount Rainier|Various
Miss Coleman was a little better in health, and sat a good deal in the garden.
At the Back of the North Wind|George MacDonald
"Coleman's not likely to hear of our sending these arms," said the Governor.
Port O' Gold|Louis John Stellman
In the following year he appears to have been no longer a member for Coleman Street ward.
The History of Sir Richard Whittington|T. H.
He reflected for a little while, and then determined to consult Caillaud and Coleman, who were his informal Cabinet.
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane|Mark Rutherford

British Dictionary definitions for Coleman

Coleman

/ (ˈkəʊlmən) /

noun

Ornette (ɔːˈnɛt). born 1930, US avant-garde jazz alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist

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