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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.pitman - someone who works in a coal minepitman - 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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