pitman

¹ American  

[pit-muhn] / ˈpɪt mən /

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.

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Pitman ² American  

[pit-muhn] / ˈpɪt mən /

noun

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

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Pitman ¹ British  

/ ˈpɪtmən /

noun

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

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pitman ² British  

/ ˈpɪtmən /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of pitman

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."

From BBC

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

From 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.

From BBC

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

From Washington Post

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

From BBC