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▪ I. ‖ batman1|ˈbætmən|
Also 6–7 bateman.
[Turkish (Chaghatai) bātmān, (Osmanli) baṭmān, baṭman. a weight equal to the Pers. man, the Anglo-Indian maund.]
An oriental weight varying greatly in value according to the locality.
1599Hakluyt Voy. II. 247 Euery bateman here [i.e. Babylon] maketh 7 pound and 5 ounces English waight. 1616Purchas Pilgr. (1864) 38 A Batman is fiue and fiftie pound weight English. 1740Thompson & Hogg in Hanway Trav. (1762) I. iv. lii. 242 Their weights [at Khiva] are the great batman, equal to eighteen lb. russian, and the lesser batman, nine and a quarter. 1852McCulloch Dict. Comm. 391 [At Constantinople] 6 okes [i.e. about 16 lbs.] = 1 batman.
▪ II. batman2|ˈbætmən, ˈbɑːmən|
[f. bât n. + man.]
A man in charge of a bat-horse and its load; a military servant of a cavalry officer. Now generally, an officer's servant.
1755in S. M. Hamilton Lett. to Washington I. 96 They have taken..another man who was batman to Doct. Craik. 1809Wellington in Gurwood Disp. V. 198 The care of the Camp Kettles is not only the business of the Bâtman of the company, but of all the Bâtmen of the regiment. 1844Regul. & Ord. Army 271 A Bât Man is allowed to the Surgeon for the care of the horse carrying the Instruments. 1855W. Sargent Braddock's Exp. 206 The English loss was..a waggoner, three bat-men, and a horse. 1941Aeronautics Oct. 60/3 R.A.F. officers in the future are to have the services of members of the W.A.A.F. for duties which have been carried out hitherto by batmen. 1955Times 18 Aug. 5/1 Men employed as outside batmen in the married quarters were expected to clean and polish the houses, clean windows, cut lawns, fetch coal, and run errands. 1966Times 9 July 9/7 Command Orders say a batman must now be dignified as an ‘orderly’.
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