Hickman

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪkmən/

Proper noun

Hickman

  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. A city, the county seat of Fulton County, Kentucky.
    2. A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California.
    3. An unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware.
    4. An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Maryland, close to Hickman, Delaware.
    5. A city in Lancaster County, Nebraska, originally Heckman after Rev. C. H. Heckman but misspelt in the 19th century.
    6. An unincorporated community in Smith County, Tennessee.

Derived terms

Noun

Hickman (plural Hickmans)

  1. (informal, medicine) A Hickman line.
    • 2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 64:
      Polly stayed with us at first, helping Jane clean her Hickman, sitting with her while I shopped and did errands. As soon as Jane felt more vigorous, Polly moved back to her flat.
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