PULLMAN


Meaning of PULLMAN in English

I. Pull ‧ man /ˈpʊlmən/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: George M. Pullman (1831-97), U.S. inventor who designed the car; ]

[ Sense 2: Origin: because they were made to fit under the seats of Pullman cars ]

a very comfortable train carriage, or a train made up of these carriages

II. Pullman, Philip BrE AmE

(1946–) a British writer of books for younger readers. His best-known novels are a ↑ trilogy (=three separate but connected books) called His Dark Materials .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.