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Definition: Truman |
TrumanNoun1. Elected Vice President in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Truman" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a trusty man". |
Synonyms: TrumanSynonyms: Harry S Truman (n), Harry Truman (n), President Truman (n). (additional references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Truman, Minnesota."
Crosswords: Truman |
| English words defined with "Truman": Dixiecrats ♦ humorless ♦ smart money, States' Rights Democratic Party ♦ unhumorous. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I love you Sheriff Truman. (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones) | |
Lyrics | '49 Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray (We Didn't Start The Fire; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Visit with Truman Capote (1966) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Truman and Webb at NASA Headquarters. Credit: NASA. |  | Truman Receives Rocket Models. Credit: NASA. |
 | On board USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42), 22 April 1946, during Eighth Fleet maneuvers off the U.S. east coast. Among the others present are Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (behind Truman) and Mr. Steelman (at the extreme left). Behind them, painted on a hangar deck fire door, is a caricature of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a sailor in similar poses. Credit: NAVY. |  | Group photograph of the "Big Three" heads of government at Potsdam, Germany, circa 28 July -- 1 August 1945. Those present are (from left to right): British Prime Minister Clement Atlee; U.S. President Harry S. Truman; Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Truman press conference. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Truman ostrzega "good old Joe'a" / K.J. Majewski. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Inauguration of Harry S. Truman, 1949. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone administering the oath of office to Harry S. Truman in the Cabinet Room of the White House, April 12, 1945. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Truman Smith, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing spectacles. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Louis Justement, architect. Inaugural stand for President Truman I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Harry S. Truman | The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know. |
Harry S. Truman. | Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government. |
President Harry S. Truman | People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo. |
| I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo. | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Haiti | The U.S. Embassy in Haiti is located on 5, Harry Truman Blvd., Port-au-Prince. (references) |
Greece | During the Greek civil war of 1946-49, the U.S. proclaimed the Truman Doctrine, promising assistance to governments resisting communist subjugation, and began a period of substantial financial and military aid. (references) | |
Turkey | Turkish-American friendship dates to the late 18th century and was officially sealed by a treaty in 1830. The present close relationship began with the agreement of July 12, 1947, which implemented the Truman Doctrine. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Many listened to President Truman that day here in this Chamber, but few understood what was required and did anything about it. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Two days later, that same freshman stood at the back of this great Chamber--over there someplace--as President Truman, all charged up by his single-handed election victory, reported as the Constitution requires on the state of the Union. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | That is what Harry Truman did in the years after the Second World War, when we helped Europe and Japan rebuild themselves and secured an international order that has protected freedom from aggression. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Truman was president, and I don't think anybody in America wants us to let it explode again. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Setting up the Department of Homeland Security will involve the most extensive reorganization of the federal government since Harry Truman signed the National Security Act. |
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| "Truman" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Truman" is used about 300 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 300 | 16,755 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Truman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Truman | First name Male | 9,000 | 716 |
| Truman | Last name | 2,000 | 5,293 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Truman" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a trusty man". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Truman." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Trueman | Male | English | Truman |
| Truman | Male | English | N/A |
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1. Truman, MN (city, FIPS 65668) |
Expressions using "Truman": Harry S Truman ♦ Harry Truman ♦ president Truman ♦ truman doctrine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
harry truman | 298 | defeat dewey truman | 23 |
harry s truman | 236 | truman annex | 23 |
truman doctrine | 202 | uss harry truman | 20 |
truman capote | 193 | harry s truman picture | 20 |
truman | 180 | margaret truman | 19 |
the truman show | 179 | harry mrs truman | 19 |
truman state university | 178 | truman mn | 16 |
truman college | 171 | harry truman picture | 16 |
lake truman | 163 | in cold blood truman capote | 15 |
center medical truman | 128 | lake mo truman | 15 |
uss harry s truman | 56 | truman scholarship | 15 |
president truman | 53 | harry s truman college | 15 |
truman state | 49 | lake map truman | 15 |
truman high school | 45 | harry s truman high school | 14 |
chicago college truman | 35 | center city kansas medical truman | 14 |
truman library | 35 | truman webinservice.com | 14 |
truman university | 34 | truman dam | 12 |
truman uss | 29 | biography truman capote | 12 |
fishing lake report truman | 28 | scholar truman | 11 |
lake missouri truman | 24 | camping lake truman | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Truman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | трумэн. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Truman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arjumand, Drumrane, Ruman, Rumjahn, Rumman, Tiumen, Tiumpan, Torumtay, Tramen, Trautman, Troma, Troman, Truax, Truemans, truma, Trumans, trumeau, Trumka, Trumont, Tsumani, Tummon, turnan, Tuymans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: antrum. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: unarm. | |
-2 letters: arum, aunt, mart, maun, maut, mura, rant, runt, tarn, tram, tuna, turn. | |
-3 letters: amu, ant, arm, art, man, mar, mat, mun, mut, nam, nut, ram, ran, rat, rum, run, rut, tam, tan, tar, tau, tun, urn, uta. | |
-4 letters: am, an, ar, at, ma, mu, na, nu, ta, um, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: antrums, natrium, romaunt, tantrum, turfman, unsmart. | |
+2 letters: argentum, argument, maturing, menstrua, natriums, naturism, numerate, rambutan, ramentum, romaunts, routeman, ruminant, ruminate, tantrums, truckman, undreamt. | |
+3 letters: anthurium, antiserum, antitumor, argentums, argumenta, arguments, augmenter, augmentor, enumerate, hamstrung, menstrual, miniature, mucronate, naturisms, neuromata, numerated, numerates, numerator, paramount, rambutans, ruminants, ruminated, ruminates, ruminator, sarmentum, saturnism, transmute, tremulant. | |
+4 letters: accruement, allurement, anthuriums, antiserums, argumentum, armaturing, augmenters, augmentors, counterman, countryman, enumerated, enumerates, enumerator, innumerate, intermural, intramural, laundromat, manicurist, manuscript, maturating, maturation, menstruate, miniatures, morulation, multigrain, multirange, nasturtium, natatorium, naturalism, neutralism, numerating, numeration, numerators, pancratium, paramounts, poultryman, protohuman, puritanism, reargument, remunerate, rudimental, ruminantly, ruminating, rumination, ruminative, ruminators, sanatorium, sanitarium, sanitorium, saturnisms, stramonium, tambourine, tambouring, tourmaline, tournament, transmuted, transmutes, triumphant, ultrahuman, undramatic, unmilitary, unmorality, unromantic. | |
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