dictionary definitions for "batman"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  batman
      n 1: an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer

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

  Batman \Bat"man\ (b[a^]t"m[a^]n), n. [Turk. ba[.t]man.]
     A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality;
     in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser
     only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17
     pounds. --Simmonds.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Batman \Bat"man\ (b[add]"man or b[a^]t"man), n.; pl. Batmen
     (b[a^]t"men). [F. b[^a]t packsaddle + E. man. Cf.
     Bathorse.]
     A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load. --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]


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