pullman

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpʊlmən/

Definition of pullman

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)A railroad passenger car; especially one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (US)A railroad passenger car; especially one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.
    “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. A train made up of Pullman coaches.

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  1. A surname, notably that of George Pullman.
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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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