Definition of batman Batman

/bæˈtmæˌn/ - [batman] - bat•man

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Noun

Plural: batmen

batman - an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • batman (n.)
    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.
  • batman (n.)
    A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • batman
    A DC Comics fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • batman
    bat′man, baw′man, n. a man who has charge of a bathorse. [See Bathorse.]

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  • batman
    A Turkish weight of 6 okes, or about 18 lbs. English. There is also a smaller batman in Turkey, of about 4 lbs. 10 ozs. English. In Persia there are also two batmans--the larger equal to 12 lbs. English, and the other is of about half that weight. Also, a soldier assigned to a mounted officer as groom.

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  • Batman is one of the most popular superheroes of all-time. Not only has he been in comics for over 60 years, he also appeared in movies, TV shows, and has a lot of merchandise.

    Comic book.

    Batman first appeared in 1939 in "Detective Comics". The plot of Batman is that he is a rich man named Bruce Wayne. As a young child he watched his father be killed by a robber after leaving a theater. From the shock of the event his mother had a heart attack. As he grew up he trained in fighting. Wayne took the idea of the bat to put fear into the hearts of criminals in his home town of Gotham.

    Usually aided by his many crime fighter gadgets such as the batmobile, the batarang and other gizmos. Batman later was assisted by his ward Dick Grayson also known as Robin, his butler, Alfred Pennyworth, the city police commissioner Gordon, Gordon's daughter Barbara AKA Batgirl (later known as Oracle) and others. Gordon calls the aide of Batman by use of the Bat signal which is a spotlight shown in the sky with the bat symbol on it.

    Some of the villains he fights are The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, The Riddler, Two-Face, and Clayface.

    TV shows.

    Quite probably the most popular Batman TV show, was a live-action satire television show featuring the character made in the late 1960s: "Batman", it starred actor Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. He appeared in various animated TV shows, as well including, "Superfriends", ', "Batman Beyond", and "Justice League". Other Batman-relate
  • 1966 movie
    Batman (1966 movie), also known as Batman: The Movie, is a spin-off film of the 60's series. It features The Joker, Penguin (comics), Riddler and Catwoman.
  • city
    Batman is a city in southeast Turkey. It is the capital (city) of the province with the same name. In 2003, about 266.100 people lived in the city. There are many Kurds in that area. The area is also rich in oil and gas.

    There is a railway track at Kurtalan, near this city. The track runs all the way to Istanbul. There is also an airport near Batman. The name is short for the Bati Raman mountains.
  • TV series
    "Batman" is a 1960s American television series, based on the DC comic book character Batman. It aired on the ABC) network for two and a half seasons from 1966 to 1968. Even though it had was on shortly, the series had two new episodes each week, giving the show a total of 120 episodes (the equivalent of roughly five regular seasons).

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  • batman, noun, singular of batmen.

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