batman

Meanings

Noun

• A servant or valet to a military officer.
• A personal assistant or supporter.
• A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
• A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).

Verb

• To act as a batman, wait on an officer.
• To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).

Related

Similar words

• man (من) ; maund

Origin

• From bat + man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum, possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζειν ("lift]]").
• From Ottoman Turkish بطمان. Cognate with Chagatai.
• In reference to the superhero Batman.