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ban⋅tam
[ban-tuh
m] 
–noun
| 1. | (often initial capital letter) a chicken of any of several varieties or breeds characterized by very small size. |
| 2. | a small and feisty or quarrelsome person. |
–adjective
| 3. | diminutive; tiny: bantam editions of the classics. |
Synonyms:
3. miniature, small, petite, wee, pygmy, Lilliputian.
3. miniature, small, petite, wee, pygmy, Lilliputian.
Ban⋅tam
[ban-tuhm; Du. bahn-tahm] –noun
| a village in W Java, in S Indonesia: first Dutch settlement in the East Indies. |
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| ban·tam (bān'təm) n.
[After Bantam, former town in Indonesia from which such fowl were thought to have originated.] |
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Bantam
Ban"tam\, n. A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : bantam
Spanish:
gallinilla de Bantam,
German:
das Zwerghuhn;Zwerghuhn-…,
Japanese:
ちゃぼ
bantam
1749, after Bantam, former Dutch residency in Java, from which the small domestic fowl were said to have been first imported. Extension to "small person" is 1837. As a weight class in boxing, it is attested from 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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