Pullman

¹

[ pool-muhn ]

Trademark.

, plural Pull·mans.

1. plural Pullmans a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.

noun

, plural Pull·mans

1. (often lowercase) Also called Pullman case. a large suitcase.
2. George Mortimer, 1831–97, U.S. inventor and railroad car designer.

Pullman

²

[ pool-muhn ]

noun

1. a city in SE Washington.

Pullman

¹

/ ˈpʃulmən /

noun

1. PullmanPhilip1946MBritishWRITING: author Philip . born 1946, British author. Writing primarily for older children, he is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials (1997–2000)

Pullman

²

/ ˈpʊlmən /

noun

1. a luxurious railway coach, esp a sleeping car Also calledPullman car

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pullman¹

C19: named after George M. Pullman (1831–97), the US inventor who first manufactured such coaches

Example Sentences

PDT kickoff, the Bruins’ latest on the West Coast since they shook off the same bedtime start to beat Washington State in Pullman on Sept. 29, 1990.

From Los Angeles Times

“By adding housing downtown, the city will preserve other parts of the city for less dense development,” said Alan Pullman, whose Long Beach-based firm Studio One Eleven created the master plan for Fourth & Central.

From Los Angeles Times

Pullman is delightfully slimy as an unhinged delusional narcissist, high on his own supply of motivational word salad that he spews into his laptop camera.

From Los Angeles Times

A staunch union member and leader, he was first sent to prison for six months following the 1894 Pullman rail strike, on grounds he violated a federal injunction against the strike.

From Seattle Times

Why in the world was a nice guy like Bill Pullman asked to play a monstrous killer — convicted of murdering his wife and son — in Lifetime’s ripped-from-the-headlines, two-part miniseries “Murdaugh Murders: The Movie”?

From Los Angeles Times