pitman

¹

[pit-muhn]

noun

plural

pitmen, pitmans 

1. a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.

2. Machinery.,  any of certain types of connecting rods.

Pitman

²

[pit-muhn]

noun

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

Pitman

¹

/ ˈpɪtmən /

noun

1. Sir Isaac. 1813–97, English inventor of a system of phonetic shorthand (1837)

pitman

²

/ ˈpɪtmən /

noun

1. a person who works down a mine, esp a coal miner

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pitman¹

First recorded in 1600–10; pit ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

"Now we've got a little pen torch, just in case, whereas the old pitmen's lamps used to have a little bulb, but if your battery fused you were up the creek really."

Read more on BBC

Towering over a high street in a former mining heartland, a statue of a pitman reminds Cornwall of its industrial past.

Read more on BBC

About 30,000 engineering workers from factories in the surrounding area joined the pitmen outside the Saltley Gate coke works, which held a stockpile of coal used to fuel power stations.

Read more on BBC

Regardless, I told the pitmen that I’d be back for another round of bones.

Read more on Washington Post

A fraudster who made thousands by forging works by "pitman painter" Norman Cornish has been ordered to pay back £1.

Read more on BBC