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pit·man (p

1. pl. pit·men (-m

n) A worker employed inside a pit in various industrial operations, as in a coal mine.

2. pl. pit·mans (-m

nz) See connecting rod.

pitman [ˈpɪtmən]

n pl -men

(Mining & Quarrying) Chiefly Scot and northern English a person who works down a mine, esp a coal miner

Pitman [ˈpɪtmən]

(Biographies / Pitman, Sir Isaac (1813-1897) M, English, LANGUAGE: phonetician) Sir Isaac. 1813-97, English inventor of a system of phonetic shorthand (1837)

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Noun	1.	Pitman - English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897) Sir Isaac Pitman
	2.	pitman - someone who works in a coal mine coal miner, collier miner, mineworker - laborer who works in a mine

Translations

pitman [ˈpɪtmən] N (pitmen (pl)) (Brit) → minero m

pitman

n pl <-men> (Brit) → Bergmann m, → Kumpel m (inf)

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