batmen

Variant of batman

batman definition

bat·man (batmən)

noun pl. batmen -·men (-mən)

the orderly of an officer in the British army

Etymology: bat, packsaddle (only in comb.) < Fr bât < OFr bast < ML *bastum + man

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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