Tillman

Tillman is a surname of German origin, derived from a personal name meaning "tiller of the soil" or from the given name Tillmann.

As a family name, it appears throughout American history, most notably associated with Benjamin Tillman, a controversial South Carolina politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The name also serves as a given name, though less commonly than as a surname.

ancestry

lineage

Descent from progenitors

descendants · kinfolk · clan · dynasty · pedigree · family tree · genealogy · roots · heredity · inheritance

etymology

farmer

One who cultivates land

agriculturalist · soil · land · occupation · craftsman · Germanic · medieval · Old English

surname

Zimmerman

  • SchmidtGerman surname meaning metalworker
  • MüllerGerman grain-grinder surname
  • FischerGerman surname, angler

Weber · Meyer · Wagner · Becker · Hoffmann · Koch · Richter · Braun · Hartmann · Lange

Opposites
response to 9/11 and military service

Tillmandraft dodger

One who avoids compulsory enlistment

Dick Cheney · war profiteer · chickenhawk · Donald Trump · Ted Nugent

athlete career choices

Tillmanholdout

One refusing to participate

sellout

Family

till, tiller, tillage, tilling, tilled, man, men, manly, manliness

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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G