pitman
[ pit-muhn ]
/ ˈpɪt mən /
Save This Word!
noun, plural pit·men for 1, pit·mans for 2.
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
Machinery. any of certain types of connecting rods.
QUIZZES
THINK YOU’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THIS US STATE NICKNAME QUIZ?
Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.
Question 1 of 8
Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?
Words nearby pitman
pitiable, pitier, pitiful, pitiless, Pitjantjatjara, pitman, Pitocin, pit of stomach, piton, Pitot-static tube, Pitot tube
Definition for pitman (2 of 2)
Pitman
[ pit-muhn ]
/ ˈpɪt mən /
noun
Sir Isaac, 1813–97, English inventor of a system of shorthand.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for pitman
British Dictionary definitions for pitman (1 of 2)
pitman
/ (ˈpɪtmən) /
noun plural -men
mainly Scot and Northern English a person who works down a mine, esp a coal miner
British Dictionary definitions for pitman (2 of 2)
Pitman
/ (ˈpɪtmən) /
noun
Sir Isaac. 1813–97, English inventor of a system of phonetic shorthand (1837)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012