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Batman

Bāt'man, n.

noun

n. [Per. bāt'man.] 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; in Persia, from 6 to 10 pounds. Simmonds.

Bat′man, n.

noun

(băt′man or baw′man), n. [Fr. bât, a pack-saddle. See BATHORSE.] A person having charge of the bathorse and his load, &c. Macaulay.