4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Batman \Bat"man\ (b[a^]t"m[a^]n), n. [Turk. ba[.t]man.] A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Batman \Bat"man\ (b[add]"man or b[a^]t"man), n.; pl. {Batmen} (b[a^]t"men). [F. b[^a]t packsaddle + E. man. Cf. {Bathorse}.] A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: batman n : an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 31 Moby Thesaurus words for "batman": Ganymede, Hebe, airline hostess, airline stewardess, attendant, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, bootblack, boots, cabin boy, caddie, chore boy, copyboy, cupbearer, errand boy, errand girl, footboy, gofer, hostess, office boy, office girl, orderly, page, squire, steward, stewardess, tender, trainbearer, usher, yeoman
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