Pitman
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
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Isaac Pitman, the English educator and reformer who invented a widely adopted system of phonetic shorthand during the nineteenth century.
“The secretary had trained in Pitman shorthand and could transcribe speech at remarkable speed.”
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