Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pitman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pitman \Pit"man\, n.; pl. {Pitmen}.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Pitman
n 1: English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand
(1813-1897) [syn: {Pitman}, {Sir Isaac Pitman}]
2: someone who works in a coal mine [syn: {coal miner}, {collier}]
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