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batman

bat·man
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bat-muh n]
    • /ˈbæt mən/
    • /ˈbæt.mən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bat-muh n]
    • /ˈbæt mən/

Definitions of batman word

  • countable noun batman In the British armed forces, an officer's batman is his personal servant. 3
  • noun batman an officer's personal servant in any of the armed forces 3
  • noun batman a character in an American comic strip and several films who secretly assumes a batlike costume in order to fight crime 3
  • noun batman John. 1801–39, a pioneer who selected the site of the city of Melbourne 3
  • noun batman the orderly of an officer in the British army 3
  • noun plural batman a soldier assigned to an officer as a servant. 1

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Origin of batman

First appearance:

before 1745
One of the 47% newest English words
1745-55; short for bat-horse man, equivalent to bat < French bât packsaddle (< Vulgar Latin *bastum, noun derivative of *bastāre to carry < Late Greek *bastân, re-formation of Greek bastázein to lift, carry) + horse + man1

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Parts of speech for Batman

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

batman popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

batman usage trend in Literature

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