Truman

American  

[troo-muhn] / ˈtru mən /

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.

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Truman British  

/ ˈtruːmən /

noun

1. 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

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After World War II, Federal Reserve officials wanted to stop helping the Treasury Department keep interest rates low, leading to a fierce struggle with the Truman White House.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Take the case of Laurence Stallings and Truman Talley’s “The First World War,” released in 1934 by the Fox Film Corp. and described by Variety as “a celluloid anthology of the world’s greatest wholesale slaughter.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Truman wasn’t the only one who felt this way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Harry Truman, our 33rd president, once wrote that it was wrong to “commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency.”

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

I was talking to him one day about the cost of attending the Pennsylvania state colleges favored by many Truman students, which run about $12,000 a year.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove