Sherman

American  

[shur-muhn] / ˈʃɜr mən /

noun

1. Forrest Percival, 1896–1951, U.S. naval officer.

2. James Schoolcraft 1855–1912, vice president of the United States 1909–12.

3. John, 1823–1900, U.S. statesman (brother of William T.).

4. Roger, 1721–93, American statesman.

5. Stuart Pratt, 1881–1926, U.S. critic and educator.

6. William Tecumseh, 1820–91, Union general in the Civil War.

7. a city in northeastern Texas.

8. Mount Sherman, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,036 feet (4,278 meters).

9. a male given name.

10. U.S. Military. a 34-ton (31-metric ton) medium tank of World War II, with a 75 mm gun and a crew of four.

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Sherman British  

/ ˈʃɜːmən /

noun

1. William Tecumseh (tɪˈkʌmsə). 1820–91, American Union commander during the Civil War. He led the victorious march through Georgia (1864), becoming commander of the army in 1869

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Example Sentences

Gen. Sherman Miles, chief of America’s Military Intelligence Division in 1941, later called prewar America a “country loath to admit the danger it faced.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Also making history was Sherman Oaks Notre Dame senior JJ Harel, who repeated as boys high jump champion at 7-2.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Marty Sherman is the guy who runs C Street.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Three of the four Division 1 semifinalists — Norco, Harvard-Westlake and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame — also opted out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

There, with nobody around but Roy Lee, Sherman, and O’Dell, I could be just another boy again.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam