pitman

[ pit-muhn ]

noun,plural pit·men for 1, pit·mans for 2.
  1. a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.

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

Origin of pitman

1
First recorded in 1600–10; pit1 + -man

Words Nearby pitman

Other definitions for Pitman (2 of 2)

Pitman
[ pit-muhn ]

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

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How to use pitman in a sentence

  • In fact, unlike his colleague Karim Nader, Roger pitman refused to comment on their findings so far.

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  • We desire here to express appreciation for the valuable assistance of Mr. Norman Hinsdale pitman.

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  • It seems strangely like old times to me to be making these jottings in pitman's shorthand.

  • Judge pitman tells me that one of the reasons why Cooley and his wife disagree is that there is such a difference in their height.

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  • pitman's imagination sometimes glows with unnatural heat, and he may have embellished the original narrative of Mrs. Cooley.

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  • We procured some additional boards, and while pitman seized the sufferer by one arm I grasped the other.

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British Dictionary definitions for pitman (1 of 2)

pitman

/ (ˈpɪtmən) /


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

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