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Webster 1913 Edition

Batman

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Bat′man

(băt′măn)
,
Noun.
[Turk.
baṭman
.]
A weight used in the East, varying according to the locality; in Turkey, the greater batman is about 157 pounds, the lesser only a fourth of this; at Aleppo and Smyrna, the batman is 17 pounds.
Simmonds.

Bat′man

(ba̤′man or băt′man)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Batmen
(băt′men)
.
[F.
bât
packsaddle + E.
man
. Cf.
Bathorse
.]
A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Batman

BAT'MAN

,
Noun.
A weight used in Smyrna, of six okes, each of 400 drams; equal to 16 lbs.6 ox. 15 dr. English.

Definition 2024

Batman

Batman

See also: batman

English

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Proper noun

Batman

  1. A province in Turkey.
  2. The capital city of Batman Province, Turkey.
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Etymology 2

From bat +‎ man; originally the Bat-Man.

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Proper noun

Batman

  1. Bruce Wayne, a fictional hero of DC Comics who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment and is assisted by his sidekick Robin.
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Portuguese

Proper noun

Batman f

  1. Batman (a province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey)
  2. Batman (a city, the provincial capital of Batman, Turkey)

Spanish

Proper noun

Batman m

  1. Batman (superhero)

Swedish

Proper noun

Batman

  1. Batman

Synonyms

batman

batman

See also: Batman

English

Edward Ardizzone, Pulling off the Padre’s Boots (1940), collection of the Imperial War Museum, UK. It is a caricature of a military chaplain lying exhausted on a chair while his batman removes his footwear for him.

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Noun

batman ‎(plural batmen)

  1. (military) A servant or valet to an army officer.
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Etymology 2

From Turkish batman, from Ottoman Turkish baṭmān, baṭman (compare Chagatai bātmān).[2]

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Noun

batman ‎(plural batmans)

  1. (historical) A unit of mass used in the Ottoman Empire and among Turkic peoples of the Russian Empire, the value of which varied from place to place throughout history. In the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century it was equal to six okas (16 pounds 8 ounces avoirdupois; 7.484 kilograms), and when the Turkish system of weights and measures was metricated in 1931 the oka was fixed at 1 kilogram and the batman at 10 okas (10 kilograms).

Usage notes

The batman was regarded as the counterpart of the Persian من ‎(man) and the Anglo-Indian maund.

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References

  1. ↑ “batman” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  2. ↑ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697; and The Oxford English Dictionary; being a Corrected Re-issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (the First Supplement), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933, OCLC 2748467..

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Its shape being likened to Batman's chest logo.

Noun

batman

  1. a spiny orb-weaver; a common name of the spiders in the genus Gasteracantha

Turkish

Etymology

From Middle Turkic *batmān, from Old Turkic batman, from Proto-Turkic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑtmɑn/

Noun

batman ‎(definite accusative batmanı)

  1. (historical) A unit of weight formerly used in the Ottoman period.
    • 1992, Pertev Nailı̂ Boratav, Zaman zaman içinde, page 38:
      Bin batmandan olsa kazan
      Ustager değil mi düzen
      Hayranlık esince cana
      Bengilik de gereğ olur.
      Even if the kettle weighs thousands of batmans
      Isn't the order skillful
      If the admiration blows to the soul
      The eternity also is indispensable.

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