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- [pit-muh n]
- /ˈpɪt mən/
- /ˈpɪt.mæn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pit-muh n]
- /ˈpɪt mən/
Definitions of pitman word
- noun plural pitman a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining. 1
- noun plural pitman Machinery. any of certain types of connecting rods. 1
- noun pitman Sir Isaac, 1813–97, English inventor of a system of shorthand. 1
- countable noun pitman Pitmen are coal miners. 0
- noun pitman a person who works down a mine, esp a coal miner 0
- noun pitman Sir Isaac. 1813–97, English inventor of a system of phonetic shorthand (1837) 0
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Origin of pitman
First appearance:
before 1600 One of the 39% oldest English words
First recorded in 1600-10; pit1 + -man
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pitman
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pitman popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pitman usage trend in Literature
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