pitman Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)
    Sir Isaac Pitman.
  2. noun someone who works in a coal mine
    collier; coal miner.

WordNet

Pit"man noun
Wordforms
plural Pitmen
Definitions
  1. One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.
  2. (Mach.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.

Webster 1913