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pit·man

(pĭt′mən)

1. pl. pit·men (-mĕn) A worker employed inside a pit in various industrial operations, as in a coal mine.

2. pl. pit·mans (-mənz) See connecting rod.

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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)

(Biography) Sir Isaac. 1813–97, English inventor of a system of phonetic shorthand (1837)

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Pit•man

(ˈpɪt mən)

n.

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

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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

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pitman

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

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pitman

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

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