Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

Pitman
     n 1: English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand
          (1813-1897) [syn: {Sir Isaac Pitman}]
     2: someone who works in a coal mine [syn: {coal miner}, {collier}]