batman – English noun declension

English noun forms of batman

Noun: batman
Singularbatman
Pluralbatmen; batmans

Sample Sentences

  • “Private McLean,” he called to his batman who, for one-and-six a week, cared for his belongings, “tak' chairge o' the dog, wull ye, an' fetch 'im to the non-com mess when ye come to put ma kit i' gude order.” [1912, Eleanor Atkinson, Greyfriars Bobby:]
  • Having left that soldier who was evidently drunk, Rostóv stopped the horse of a batman or groom of some important personage and began to question him. [1922, chapter XVIII, in Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, translation of original by Leo Tolstoy, book 3:]
  • [A]s a rule the chambers were occupied only by Stack, who had been Wilfrid's batman in the war, and had for him one of those sphinx-like habits which wear better than expressed devotions. [1932, John Galsworthy, chapter III, in Flowering Wilderness […], London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 19:]
  • He became my retainer, my batman, the solution to my ever-growing need for an extra pair of hands. [2008, Darren Smith, Fade, →ISBN, page 278:]
  • Thank you to a special Carer, Thank you for being my nurse, My housemaid, and my cook, My batman and my chauffeur, And my eyes when I forget to look! [2012, Jeffery Hayton, Just One More Time, →ISBN, page 78:]
  • The Quease, as you will have read, thought this a huge cheek and, as is ever the case with her, was not slow to point it out. She further accused me of treating him as my batman. [2014, Andrew S Cowan, Estate Life, →ISBN, page 186:]

Etymology

From bat (“packsaddle”) + man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum, possibly from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to bear, carry, lift”). See: French Nouns 'bât'.