batman
noun
a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant.
batmen
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pluralof batman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
These our fearless batmen unrolled and nailed upon the roof.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 5, 1917 by Various
