batmannoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbæt.mən/us/ˈbæt.mən/plural -men uk/-mən/usthe personal servant of an officer, especially in the British armed forces
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Soldiers & people who fight in wars
- Anzac
- capability
- combatant
- crusader
- guardsman
- gunner
- infantryman
- lancer
- non-combatant
- orderly
- para
- partisan
- scout
- sentry
- sepoy
- serviceman
- shogun
- storm trooper
- vet
- veteran
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Examples from literature
- Meanwhile he is whistling, and his batman is making sparks fly out of the buttons, which he cleans with glass-paper and gun-cotton just outside the door.
- So I told my batman to get hot water brought there in the mornings.
- Then, as time went on, I was able to get a man to take over the duties of a batman, and I finally obtained a chauffeur to run my side-car.
- There I was met by the General's grand old batman.
- You should have seen me this morning, sitting on the gun-seat while my batman cut my hair.