transitman

[ tran-sit-muhn, -zit- ]

noun

, Surveying.

, plural tran·sit·men.

1. a person who makes observations with a transit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of transitman¹

transit + -man

Example Sentences

Hibbert was inspector and transitman in charge for the State Department.

From Project Gutenberg

Howard and Ned attached themselves to the transitman, and took turns as head and rear chain, while Grant superintended the levelling, and Charlie trudged along in the rear with the young topographer, who had taken a sudden fancy to the boy, and gave him frequent lectures on the theory and practice of surveying, until his pupil longed for the time when he too could wear on his watch-chain the tiny blue shield, with its golden date and initials.

From Project Gutenberg

A transitman who entered the service in 1905 at $1400 per annum was in 1913 appointed an assistant chief of a bureau at $4500 per annum.

From Project Gutenberg

You remember, I once told you all about him—M. F. Griffith, my old engineer—man who boosted me from a bum to a transitman.

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