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PITMAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who works in a coal mine

Synonyms:

coal miner; collier; pitman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

miner; mineworker (laborer who works in a mine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Pitman; Sir Isaac Pitman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

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