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7 dictionary results for: bantam
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ban·tam       [ban-tuhm] Pronunciation Key
–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.
[Origin: 1740–50; appar. after Bantam, through which such chickens may have been imported to Europe]

—Synonyms 3. miniature, small, petite, wee, pygmy, Lilliputian.
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Ban·tam       [ban-tuhm; Du. bahn-tahm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a village in W Java, in S Indonesia: first Dutch settlement in the East Indies.
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ban·tam       (bān'təm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Any of various breeds of very small domestic fowl that are often miniatures of members of larger breeds.
  2. A small but aggressive and spirited person.

adj.  
  1. Diminutive; miniature.
  2. Aggressive and spirited.


[After Bantam, former town in Indonesia from which such fowl were thought to have originated.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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bantam

adjective
1. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" 

noun
1. any of various small breeds of fowl 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Bantam, CT (borough, FIPS 2690) Location: 41.72349 N, 73.24382 W
Population (1990): 757 (344 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 06750

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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