sherman

Other forms of sherman

plural

shermans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sherman

What does sherman mean?

sherman means "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)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sherman?

sherman has 2 syllables: sher-man. The stress falls on "sher". In IPA it is /ˈʃɝmən/.

What is another word for sherman?

Close synonyms include William Tecumseh Sherman, Roger Sherman, Mount Sherman. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sherman a common word?

sherman is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.