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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A railroad parlor car or sleeping car. Also called Pullman car.
  2. n. A large suitcase. Also called Pullman case.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In car-building, a parlor- or sleeping-car, specifically, and properly, one made by the Pullman Company.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A railroad passenger car; especially, one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.
  2. n. A railroad passenger car; especially, one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel

Etymologies

  1. After George Mortimer Pullman (1831-1897), American industrialist and inventor.

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