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noun, plural -men. (in the British army)
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
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Origin:
1745–55; short for bat-horse man, equivalent to bat < French bât packsaddle (< Vulgar Latin *bastum, noun derivative of *bastāre to carry < Late Greek *bastân, re-formation of Greek bastázein to lift, carry) + horse + man1
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batman (ˈbætmən)
 
—n , pl -men
an officer's personal servant in any of the armed forces
 
[C18: from Old French bat, bast, from Medieval Latin bastum packsaddle]

Batman1 (ˈbætˌmæn)
 
—n
a character in an American comic strip and several films who secretly assumes a batlike costume in order to fight crime

Batman2 (ˈbætmən)
 
—n
John. 1801--39, a pioneer who selected the site of the city of Melbourne

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batman
"officer's servant," originally military title for "man in charge of a bat-horse and its load," 1755, from bat "pack-saddle" (late 14c.), from O.Fr. bast (Mod.Fr. bât), from L.L. bastum (see baton). Hence also batwoman (1941).
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Batman definition


A comic strip character that first appeared in 1939. With his faithful sidekick Robin (the Boy Wonder), Batman fights crime in Gotham City, foiling evil villains such as the Joker and the Riddler.

Note: Batman's adventures have been widely adapted for television and a number of motion pictures.
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