Pullman
//ˈpʊlmən// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A railroad passenger car; especially one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company. US
"It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day."
- 2 luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel wordnet
- 3 A train made up of Pullman coaches.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname, notably that of George Pullman.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, named after the Pullman Company.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A community area and neighbourhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, formerly a company town founded by George Pullman.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lee Township, Allegan County, Michigan.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Whitman County, Washington.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
Example
More examples"We had the corner of a Pullman car to ourselves that evening as we whirled back to London."
Etymology
Ellipsis of Pullman car, after the Pullman Palace Car Company, named after American engineer and industrialist George Pullman (1831–1897).
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