pitman

¹

[ pit-muhn ]

noun

, plural pit·men pit·mans

1. a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
2. Machinery. any of certain types of connecting rods.

Pitman

²

[ pit-muhn ]

noun

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

Pitman

¹

/ ˈpɪtmən /

noun

1. PitmanSir Isaac18131897MEnglishLANGUAGE: phonetician Sir Isaac. 1813–97, English inventor of a system of phonetic shorthand (1837)

pitman

²

/ ˈpɪtmən /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pitman¹

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

Example Sentences

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

Sonderman is deploying every trick he knows to produce barbecue at the same level he achieved at DCity more than a year ago, when I considered him the District’s finest pitman.

From Washington Post