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  batman

  noun

  a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
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  Batman

  noun

  John . 1801–39, a pioneer who selected the site of the city of Melbourne

batman

American  

[bat-muhn] / ˈbæt mən /

noun

batmen plural

1. a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.

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Batman ¹ British  

/ ˈbætmən /

noun

1. John . 1801–39, a pioneer who selected the site of the city of Melbourne

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Batman ² British  

/ ˈbætˌmæn /

noun

1. a character in an American comic strip and several films who secretly assumes a batlike costume in order to fight crime

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batman ³ British  

/ ˈbætmən /

noun

1. an officer's personal servant in any of the armed forces

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Batman Cultural  

1. A comic strip character that first appeared in 1939. With his faithful sidekick Robin (the Boy Wonder), Batman fights crime in Gotham City, foiling evil villains such as the Joker and the Riddler.

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Batman's adventures have been widely adapted for television and a number of motion pictures.

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Noun Inflected Forms

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  plural

Etymology

Origin of batman

1745–55; short for bat-horse man, equivalent to bat < French bât packsaddle (< Vulgar Latin *bastum, noun derivative of *bastāre to carry < Late Greek *bastân, re-formation of Greek bastázein to lift, carry) + horse + man

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Meet the real batman, Michael Morbius, the so-called Living Vampire.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

"His batman voice im losing it????" a fan wrote.

From Fox News ● Oct. 16, 2021

There’s Bruce Wayne in an elegant tuxedo jacket with a not-so-discreet batman logo, carrying a leather backpack strapped to a skateboard.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 16, 2016

American comic book giants DC Comics are suing La Liga side Valencia over the use of their club logo, which the company says depicts a bat just like that sported by superhero batman.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2014

He had been the Colonel's batman in the war, he explained; they had been in Belgium together when the Germans had invaded and they had been together again for the Allied landing.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Two century-old film studios — with rights to Harry Potter, Batman, “Top Gun,” “The Big Bang Theory” and “Game of Thrones” — would be combined, and HBO and CNN would come under new ownership.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

It was nominated for Best Picture, proving the director could still rake in big bucks without the help of Batman IP and with the intricate plotting of his earliest works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Moreover, it was entirely separate from the character’s source comics, with no mention of Batman to be found.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

"You've seen Batman, right? You've seen Gotham, right? Man, Saturday night is probably going to be like that if the Knicks win," one fan told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

She also kept her laptop balanced on her knees when, as a special treat before bedtime, she let them watch the first half of The Lego Batman Movie.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Moments later Gary is being ushered out in a blur of drivers and batmen and image-straighteners.

From The Guardian ● May 30, 2014

Or so the Leicestershire batmen made it appear in managing to lose all their first innings wickets in the space of 44.3 overs.

From The Guardian ● May 22, 2013

They are incarcerated in a luxurious villa, where the commandant is a former hotel manager and the guards behave like well-trained batmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, calls the would-be defenders "batmen" and "hoodlums."

From Time Magazine Archive

I shouted, and, observing that our batmen were hastily loading their rifles, ran for my revolver, determined to fire something into the air.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest