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tubman
1[tuhb-muhn]
noun
plural
tubmena barrister in the Court of Exchequer who had precedence in motions over every other barrister except the postman.
Tubman
2[tuhb-muhn]
noun
Harriet Araminta, 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slavery to become a leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
William Vacanarat Shadrach 1895–1971, president of Liberia 1944–71.
Tubman
/ ˈʌə /
noun
William Vacanarat Shadrach (vəˈkænəˌræt ˈʃædræk). 1895–1971, Liberian statesman; president of Liberia (1944–71)
Example Sentences
CBS News is also reporting the Navy is recommending the renaming of ships named after civil rights icons Medgar Evers, Cesar Chavez, Sojourner Truth and Lucy Stone along with ships that haven’t yet been built but are scheduled to bear the names of Dolores Huerta, Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Harriet Tubman.
In 2019, she was nominated for actress in a leading role at the Academy Awards for her performance in the title role of Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet Tubman biopic; a second actress nod came for her turn as Elphaba in “Wicked.”
On Tuesday, CBS News reported that the Navy was looking into changing the names of other ships named after prominent civil rights leaders and icons, including Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harriett Tubman, Cesar Chavez and Medgar Evers.
Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass became two spokespeople for those who had lived as slaves.
In addition, government websites began scrubbing African-American history, including in the case of the National Park Service eliminating a photo of the famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman and descriptions of the brutal realities of slavery.
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