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coleman
/ˈkoʊlmən/
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What does coleman mean?
proper noun
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Colman.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a coal man, who burnt coal.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
More meanings (14)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Drew County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
- A city in Sumter County, Florida.
- A census-designated place in Randolph County, Georgia. It was an incorporated city until 2007.
- A small city in Midland County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Cass County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
- A small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Johnston County, Oklahoma.
- A city, the county seat of Coleman County, Texas, named after the county.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
- A village in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
- A community in the municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta.
- A township municipality in Timiskaming District, Ontario.
- A community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkoʊlmən/
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This banker, being at once tried and executed, Coleman and two others were tried and executed.
Diamond obeyed, and to his delight Miss Coleman put her arms round him and kissed him, and there was payment for him!
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W. H. Coleman, of Geneva, writes me that this variety promises remarkably well in his region, but on my ground it burns so badly as to be valueless.
And William Coleman, then a merchant's clerk, about my age, who had the coolest, clearest head, the best heart, and the exactest morals of almost any man I ever met with.
This is proof positive of the enormous part the frog plays in maintaining an open and elastic condition of the heels--a fact so insisted on by Coleman.