Batman

/ˈbæt.mən/ · noun

Meaning

(military) A servant or valet to a military officer..

Definitions by Sense

1. (military) A servant or valet to a military officer.
2. (by extension, informal) A personal assistant or supporter.
3. To act as a batman, wait on an officer.
4. (Turkish units of measure) A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
5. (historical units of measure) A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).
6. Coelostathma discopunctana, a moth of Eastern North America.
7. (slang, climbing) To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).

Example Sentences

[A]s a rule the chambers were occupied only by Stack, who had been Wilfrid's batman in the war, and had for him one of those sphinx-like habits which wear better than expressed devotions.

He became my retainer, my batman, the solution to my ever-growing need for an extra pair of hands.

Thank you to a special Carer, Thank you for being my nurse, My housemaid, and my cook, My batman and my chauffeur, And my eyes when I forget to look!

The Quease, as you will have read, thought this a huge cheek and, as is ever the case with her, was not slow to point it out. She further accused me of treating him as my batman.

Batmanning was voluntary. McPherson was a bit incensed about the loss of his batman, but he made do with somebody else.

OK, I batmanned. Give me an Xterm.

Yes, well, had I known you were having a row with the loo, I would have batmanned the other direction.

The preservation of the batmanning system in captivity was established through an Anglo-German agreement of 1918, which had allowed one orderly to be allocated to a group of seven imprisoned captains, one to a group of four field officers and one to each general.

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• batmen
• batmans
• batmanning
• batmanned

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