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ban⋅tam

  [ban-tuhm]
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–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]
–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.  

  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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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