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Word: Batman
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century (originally denoting an orderly in charge of the bat horse ‘packhorse’ which carried the officer's baggage): from Old French bat (from medieval Latin bastum ‘packsaddle’) + man
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbatmən
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in the British armed forces) an officer's personal servant
Short Definition:(in British armed forces) officer's personal servant
Examples:- he had a short spell as an officer's batman before eventually being demobbed in 1946
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