Pitman

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pitman \Pit"man\, n.; pl. {Pitmen}.
     1. One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber,
        etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mach.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes,


        a connecting rod in other machinery.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Pitman, NJ (borough, FIPS 59070)
    Location: 39.73325 N, 75.13103 W
    Population (1990): 9365 (3526 housing units)
    Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 08071
  Pitman, PA
    Zip code(s): 17964

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Pitman, NJ -- U.S. borough in New Jersey
     Population (2000):    9331
     Housing Units (2000): 3653
     Land area (2000):     2.293609 sq. miles (5.940420 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.026479 sq. miles (0.068580 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.320088 sq. miles (6.009000 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            59070
     Located within:       New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
     Location:             39.731347 N, 75.129547 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     08071
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Pitman, NJ
      Pitman