batman Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer

WordNet

Bat"man noun
Etymology
Turk. batman.
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Etymology
F. bt packsaddle + E. man. Cf. Bathorse.
Wordforms
plural Batmen
Definitions
  1. A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load. Macaulay.

Webster 1913