pitman

[ pit-muh n ]

/ ˈpɪt mən /

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.

Nearby words

pitiful, pitifully, pitiless, pitilessly, pitjantjatjara, pitman, pitman, sir isaac, pitocin, piton, pitot tube, pitot-static tube

Origin of pitman

First recorded in 1600–10; pit¹ + -man

Definition for pitman (2 of 2)

Pitman

[ pit-muh n ]

/ ˈpɪt mən /

noun

Sir Isaac,1813–97, English inventor of a system of shorthand.

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Examples from the Web for pitman

Even as the thing subsided, an eye-glass tingled to the floor and rolled toward the screaming Pitman.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
I have, for instance, never heard a voice like Mr. Pitman's, although Mr. Harry Lauder's in a phonograph resembles it.
The Case of Jennie Brice|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Alfred, he started to run away one night awhile back, after Pitman had whipped him for planting the wrong seed-corn.
Dixie Hart|Will N. Harben
Though Hope, to curry favour, made a great fuss of Miss Pitman to her face, she was not loyal to her behind her back.
A Pair of Schoolgirls|Angela Brazil

Joseph Skipsey, the pitman poet, in a simple ballad, tells the pathetic story.
Northumberland Yesterday and To-day|Jean F. Terry

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)

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