pitman
[ pit-muhn ]
/ ˈpɪt mən /
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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.
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Definition for pitman (2 of 2)
Pitman
[ pit-muhn ]
/ ˈpɪt mən /
noun
Sir Isaac, 1813–97, English inventor of a system of shorthand.
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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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