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pitman

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pit·man  (ptmn)
n.
1. pl. pit·men (-mn) A worker employed inside a pit in various industrial operations, as in a coal mine.
2. pl. pit·mans (-mnz) 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]
n
(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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Noun1.Pitman - English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)
Sir Isaac Pitman
2.pitmanpitman - 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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His true objective was the provision of a full, accurate, legible script for our noble but ill-dressed language; but he was led past that by his contempt for the popular Pitman system of Shorthand, which he called the Pitfall system.
Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
The consultation ended in the men returning to the windlass, and the pitman going down again, carrying the wine and some other small matters with him.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
And hardly had the carriage turned the corner and rattled into the high road with this inexplicable pair, than the whistle broke forth - prolonged, and low and tremulous; and the groom, already so far relieved, vented the rest of his surprise in one simple English word, friendly to the mouth of Jack-tar and the sooty pitman, and hurried to spread the news round the servants' hall of Naseby House.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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