PITMAN

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• PITMAN (noun)
  The noun PITMAN has 2 senses:

1. English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)

2. someone who works in a coal mine

  Familiarity information: PITMAN used as a noun is rare.

• PITMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pitman; Sir Isaac Pitman

Instance hypernyms:

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who works in a coal mine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

coal miner; collier; pitman

Hypernyms ("pitman" is a kind of...):

miner; mineworker (laborer who works in a mine)