Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sherman

4 senses of sherman

Sense 1
Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman -- (United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 2
Sherman, Roger Sherman -- (American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793))
       INSTANCE OF=> American Revolutionary leader -- (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)

Sense 3
Sherman, Mount Sherman -- (a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high))
       INSTANCE OF=> mountain peak -- (the summit of a mountain)

Sense 4
Sherman -- (a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")