Ackerman

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proper noun

A surname originating as an occupation.

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Meanings

proper nounAckerman (countable and uncountable, plural Ackermans)

plural Ackermans

  1. countableuncountableA surname originating as an occupation.

    Wherever Eliot went, Agent Ackerman appeared five seconds later, automatically locked onto her coordinates.

    2017 September 19, Ryan Graudin, Invictus, →ISBN, unnumbered page
  2. countableuncountableA town, the county seat of Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States.

Origin

From Middle English acker (“field”) + -man. Originally denoted a farmer who did not own the fields he worked.

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APA

Ackerman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ackerman

MLA

“Ackerman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ackerman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ackerman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ackerman.

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