Pullman

¹ American  

[pool-muhn] / ˈpʊl mən /

Trademark.

• Pullmans
  plural

1. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.

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noun

• Pullmans
  plural

1. Also called Pullman case. (often lowercase) a large suitcase.

2. George Mortimer, 1831–97, U.S. inventor and railroad car designer.

Pullman ² American  

[pool-muhn] / ˈpʊl mən /

noun

1. a city in SE Washington.

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Pullman ¹ British  

/ ˈpʊlmən /

noun

1. Also called: Pullman car. a luxurious railway coach, esp a sleeping car

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Pullman ² British  

/ ˈpʃulmən /

noun

1. Philip . born 1946, British author. Writing primarily for older children, he is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials (1997–2000)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Pullmans
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Pullman

C19: named after George M. Pullman (1831–97), the US inventor who first manufactured such coaches

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Example Sentences

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After 150,000 union members across the country refused to handle any Pullman railcars on any railroad, the U.S. transportation system collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

For the toast I eat every day: I use spelt polenta bread from Bub and Grandma’s and a polenta Pullman loaf from She-Wolf Bakery, at Canyon and at home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Remarkably Bright Creatures, a drama starring Sally Field and Lewis Pullman about a perceptive octopus who observes the staff in his aquarium, won best movie.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Fourth & Central is intended to feel like a small, walkable community with new buildings that acknowledge the industrial history of the area , architect Alan Pullman said when the project was announced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

“A helluva road to be driving at night, isn’t it? I do it every night. I work up in Pullman and live down there—” He pointed to the lights of Lewiston and the black river.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

“We’d sing anywhere, on Pullmans, buses, the clubhouse,” he said in 1998.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021

I think that's true in the Pullmans almost you know it's an acting that you know I love a poem that enacts what it doesn't describe.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2018

Next morning the Presidential party awakened in its Pullmans on the western side of Tennessee at Nashville.

From Time Magazine Archive

In restaurants, Pullmans, theater lounges or his own living room, he has been known to whip out a song in 15 minutes, even with interruptions.

From Time Magazine Archive

And Mom, like she always does, dropped whatever she was doing to go help the Pullmans.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

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