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Batman
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (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. Simmonds.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load. Macaulay.