noun
1. 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)
• Syn: ↑William Tecumseh Sherman
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑general, ↑full general
2. a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)
• Syn: ↑Mount Sherman
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑mountain peak
• Part Holonyms: ↑Colorado, ↑Centennial State, ↑CO
3. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793)
• Syn: ↑Roger Sherman
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American Revolutionary leader
4. a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑town
• Part Holonyms: ↑Texas, ↑Lone-Star State, ↑TX
Useful english dictionary. 2012.