batman

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"Most extraordinary thing," said he, "my batman is as honest as the day, and can't account for the disappearance of my stove at all.

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  1. noun A British military officer's orderly.

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  • The general's batman, a local St. Albans man, had not survived the war, and his wife was available. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • "That's the advantage of having a Shalmuan for your batman," remarked Flandry to Kit. —  Agent Of The Terran Empire
  • "Most extraordinary thing," said he, "my batman is as honest as the day, and can't account for the disappearance of my stove at all. —  Fanny Goes to War
  • 'I know what a batman is,' said Tennyson. —  Project Pope
  • Ex-batman's widow. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
 

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Words tagged batman

gazzam · my parents are dead · i am the night · the goddamn batman

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  1. Obsolete bat, packsaddle (from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum) + man.

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  1. Formerly also bateman; from bat (French bât), a pack-saddle, + man.
  2. = Russian batmanǔ, from Turkish batman, bātmān, a weight, the same as the Persian man: see maund.
 

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/ˈbætmən/
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