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語源 1

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”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbæt.mən/
• ハイフネーション: bat‧man

名詞

batman (plural batmen)

1. (military) A servant or valet to a military officer.

   Synonym: orderly

   • 1912, Eleanor Atkinson, Greyfriars Bobby‎:

     “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.”

   • 1922, chapter XVIII, in Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace‎, translation of original by Leo Tolstoy, book 3:

     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.

   • 1932, John Galsworthy, chapter III, in Flowering Wilderness […], London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 19:

     [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.

2. (by extension, informal) A personal assistant or supporter.
   • 2008, Darren Smith, Fade, →ISBN, page 278:

     He became my retainer, my batman, the solution to my ever-growing need for an extra pair of hands.

   • 2012, Jeffery Hayton, Just One More Time, →ISBN, page 78:

     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!

   • 2014, Andrew S Cowan, Estate Life, →ISBN, page 186:

     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.

動詞

batman (third-person singular simple present batmans, present participle batmanning, simple past and past participle batmanned)

1. To act as a batman, wait on an officer.
   • 1985, Chris Vokes, John Philip Maclean, Vokes, my story, page 98:

     Batmanning was voluntary. McPherson was a bit incensed about the loss of his batman, but he made do with somebody else.

   • 2000, Baylor Wetzel, Winter Project, →ISBN, page 96:

     OK, I batmanned. Give me an Xterm.

   • 2014, Andris Bear, Lust:

     Yes, well, had I known you were having a row with the loo, I would have batmanned the other direction.

   • 2017, Clare Makepeace, Captives of War, →ISBN:

     The preservation of the batmanning system in captivity was established through an Anglo-German agreement of 1918, which had allowed one orderly to be allocated to a group of seven imprisoned captains, one to a group of four field officers and one to each general.

参考

• batter
• batty man

語源 2

From Ottoman Turkish بطمان (batman). Cognate with Chagatai [script needed] (bātmān).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /batˈman/
• 韻: -an
• ハイフネーション: bat‧man

名詞

batman (plural batmans)

1. (Turkish units of measure) A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
2. (historical units of measure) A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).
   • 1583 July 20, J. Newbery, letter in Richard Hakluyt's The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, p. 209:

     Euery bateman [in Bagdad] maketh 7. pound and 5. ounces English waight.

   • 1614, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimage, page 544:

     A Batman is fiue and fiftie pound weight English.

   • 1753, G. Thompson & al. in Jonas Hanway's Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, Vol. I, p. 351:

     Their weights [in Khiva] are the great batman equal to 18 lb. russian, and the lesser batman 9¼.

   • 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, Vol. XXX, s.v. "Rottolo":

     At Smyrna, the cantaro, or kintal, contains 45 okes, or 100 rottoli. The batman is 6 okes, or 2400 drachms; and the oke is 400 drachms, and the rottolo = 180 drachms. The cantaro of 45 okes weighs 123 lbs. 4 oz. avoirdupois; and, therefore, the oke is = 2 lbs. 11 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois.

   • 1900, William B. Dick, Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes, page 530:

     6107. Turkish Weights. The Turkish Chequi is 11⅓ ounces avoirdupois...
     1 Batman = 6 Okas
     1 Oka = 4 Chequi

同意語

• man (من) (Persian contexts); maund (Indian contexts)

Meronyms

• (subdivisions): dirhem or dram; cheki; rottol or rotl; oka
• (superdivisions): kantar or quintal; cheki

参照

Further reading

• "batman" in the Ottoman Turkish Dictionary
• "batman, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

語源 3

In reference to the superhero Batman.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbæt.mæn/

名詞

batman

1. Coelostathma discopunctana, a moth of Eastern North America.

動詞

batman (third-person singular simple present batmans, present participle batmanning, simple past and past participle batmanned)

1. (slang, climbing) To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).
   • 1993, Steve Roper, Allen Steck, The Best of Ascent: Twenty-Five Years of the Mountaineering Experience:

     At 16,200 feet I batmanned madly down the fixed ropes, stopping constantly to catch my breath, not sure how much longer I could continue.

   • 2005, Alan Hobson, Jamie Clarke, Above All Else: The Everest Dream, →ISBN, page 53:

     Instead, they batmanned effortlessly hand-over-hand up the rope like kids pulling in perch.

   • 2006, Alpinist - Issue 18; Issue 20‎, page 36:

     The Germans had left fixed ropes in place, which the Brits unashamedly batmanned up to reach the summit ridge.

   • 2011, Kerry Burns, Cameron Burns, Climb: Tales of Man Versus Boulder, Crag, Wall, and Peak, →ISBN, page 96:

     So without hesitation I “batmanned” the rope, freed it, and we continued.

   • 2018, Nate Fitch, Ron Funderburke, Climbing: From First-Timer to Gym Climber, →ISBN:

     When climbers fall they will usually want to return to their high point to resume climbing, and that will either involve batmanning or boinking.

アナグラム

• Bantam, bantam